Eurema hapale
| Eurema hapale | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Eurema |
| Species: | E. hapale |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)[1] | |
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Eurema hapale, the Marsh Grass Yellow or Pale Grass Yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, including Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of marshy areas in forests and moist savanna.
Adults have a relatively weak flight and often fly in dense vegetation. They are on wing from August to September and from April to May.
The larvae feed on Albizia species.
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- ↑ Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subfamily Coliadinae