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, RĂ©union 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.
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