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Eurema brigitta

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Kingdom
  
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Scientific name
  
Eurema brigitta

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Eurema

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Species

Eurema brigitta ButterflyCircle Checklist

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Eurema, Eurema blanda, Eurema smilax, Catopsilia, Eurema andersoni

The pupation event of an eurema brigitta senna no brand grass yellow caterpillar


Eurema brigitta, the small grass yellow or broad-bordered grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. It is found in India, other parts of Asia, Australia and Africa.

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Eurema brigitta ButterflyCircle Checklist


The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on the wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Hypericum aethiopicum and Chamaecrista mimosoides.

A fourth instar caterpillar of eurema brigitta eating a leaflet


Subspecies

Eurema brigitta Eurema brigitta Small Grass Yellow Butterflies of India

  • E. b. brigitta (tropical Africa)
  • E. b. pulchella (Boisduval, 1833) (Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoro Islands, Aldabra Islands)
  • E. b. drona (Horsfield, [1829]) (Sumatra, Java to Lombok)
  • E. b. senna (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Indochina)
  • E. b. fruhstorferi (Moore, 1906) (eastern Indo-China)
  • E. b. ina Eliot, 1956 (southern Sulawesi)
  • E. b. hainana (Moore, 1878) (Hainan)
  • E. b. rubella (Wallace, 1867) (Sri Lanka, India, Burma to southern China, Nicobars)
  • E. b. formosana Matsumura, 1919 (Taiwan)
  • E. b. yunnana (Mell)
  • E. b. australis (Wallace, 1867) (Australia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea)

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    References

    Eurema brigitta Wikipedia