Eurema leuce

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Hall's Sulphur
Female, dorsal view
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

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]

Male

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)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ The butterflies of Hispaniola


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