Eurema floricola

Updated on Dec 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eurema

Similar Eurema senegalensis, Eurema desjardinsii, Eurema nicevillei, Eurema lacteola

Eurema floricola, the Malagasy grass yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and on Madagascar, the Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion and the Seychelles. The habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.

The larvae feed on Desmanthus virgatus, Caesalpinia bonducella, Leucaena glauca, Mimosa and Entada species.

Subspecies

Eurema floricola floricola (Madagascar, eastern Tanzania)

Eurema floricola aldabrensis Bernardi, 1969 (Seychelles)

Eurema floricola anjuana (Butler, 1879) (Comoros)

Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886) (Mauritius, Reunion)

Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886) (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)

References

Eurema floricola Wikipedia

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