Eurema portoricensis

Puerto Rican Yellow
Female, dorsal view
Female, ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. portoricensis
Binomial name
Eurema portoricensis
(Dewitz, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Terias portoricensis Dewitz, 1877
  • Pyrisitia portoricensis
  • Terias tenera Avinoff, 1926

The Puerto Rican Yellow (Eurema portoricensis) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Puerto Rico.[1]

The larvae feed on Senna obtusifolia, Senna alata, and Chamaecrista nictitans patellaria var. glabrata.[2]

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