Eurema leuce
Hall's Sulphur | |
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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 | |
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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)
References
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