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Eurema desjardinsii

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Species of butterfly

Angled grass yellow
E. d. marshalli
Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. desjardinsii
Binomial name
Eurema desjardinsii
(Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Eurema desjardinsi (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Xanthidia desjardinsi Boisduval, 1833
  • Terias aliena Butler, 1880
  • Terias desjardinsi ab. drueti Dufrane, 1947
  • Terias marshalli Butler, 1898
  • Terias desjardinsi f. philonoe Stoneham, 1957
  • Terias desjardinsi f. dulcinea Stoneham, 1957
  • Terias desjardinsi marshalli f. pseudoregularis Berger, 1981

Eurema desjardinsii, the angled grass yellow, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, found in Africa.

The wingspan is 35–38 mm for males and 37–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, depending on rainfall.

The larvae feed on Chamaecrista mimosoides and probably Hypericum aethiopicum.

Subspecies

  • Eurema desjardinsii desjardinsi (Madagascar, Comoro Islands)
  • Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898) (Kenya, South Africa)

References

  1. Eurema at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Taxon identifiers
Eurema desjardinsii


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