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Eurema leuce

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eurema

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Similar
  
Eurema elathea, Eurema albula, Eurema portoricensis, Eurema dina, Eurema proterpia

Eurema leuce, the Hall's sulphur, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found on the West Indies and in Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, and Venezuela.

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.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • E. l. leuce (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay)
  • E. l. circumcincta (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Pará)
  • E. l. athalia (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
  • E. l. flavilla (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Amazonas), Peru)
  • E. l. memulus (Butler, 1871) (Haiti)
  • E. l. antillarum (Hall, 1936) (St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico)

    • References

    Eurema leuce Wikipedia
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