Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eurema | |
Similar Eurema senegalensis, Eurema desjardinsii, Eurema floricola, Eurema nicevillei | ||
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 the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and Madagascar. 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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