Eurema senegalensis

Eurema senegalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. senegalensis
Binomial name
Eurema senegalensis
Boisduval, [1836][1]
Synonyms
  • Eurema senegalensis f. bisinuata Butler, 1876
  • Eurema senegalensis f. brenda Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847
  • Eurema senegalensis f. floricola Boisduval, 1833
  • Eurema senegalensis f. ceres Butler, 1886
  • Terias brenda

Eurema senegalensis, the Forest Grass Yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Senegal to western Kenya, in Tanzania, from western Uganda to Congo, in Cameroon, Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone.[1]

The larvae feed on Hypericum aethiopicum and Cassia mimosoides.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Eurema, Site of Markku Savela