| Angled Grass Yellow | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Eurema |
| Species: | E. desjardinsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurema desjardinsii (Boisduval, 1833)[1] |
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The Angled Grass Yellow (Eurema desjardinsii) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family, found in Africa.
The wingspan is 35–38 mm for males and 37–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, depending on rainfall.[2]
The larvae feed on Chamaecrista mimosoides and probably Hypericum aethiopicum.