Eurema leuce
| Hall's Sulphur |
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| Female, dorsal view |
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| Female, ventral view |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Pieridae |
| Genus: |
Eurema |
| Species: |
E. leuce |
| Binomial name |
Eurema leuce
(Boisduval, 1836)[1] |
| Synonyms |
- Terias leuce Boisduval, 1836
- Pyrisitia leuce
- Papilio sanguinea Larrañaga, 1923
- Terias riograndensis d'Almeida, 1934
- Terias circumcincta Bates, 1861
- Terias athalia C. & R. Felder, [1865]
- Terias diodina Butler, 1875
- Terias pseudoleuce d'Almeida, 1934
- Eurema hahneli Staudinger, 1884
- Eurema sanjuanensis Watson, 1938
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Hall's Sulphur (Eurema leuce) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found on the West Indies and in Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, and Venezuela.[1]
The length of the forewings is 17–21 mm for males and females. Adults have been recorded feeding on Bidens pilosa, Tournefortia hirsutissima, and Croton barahonensis.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Eurema leuce leuce (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay)
- Eurema leuce circumcincta (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Pará)
- Eurema leuce athalia (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
- Eurema leuce flavilla (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Amazonas), Peru)
- Eurema leuce memulus (Butler, 1871) (Haiti)
- Eurema leuce antillarum (Hall, 1936) (St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico)
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