Eurema floricola

Malagasy grass yellow
Eurema floricola ssp. ceres
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. floricola
Binomial name
Eurema floricola
(Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Xanthidia floricola Boisduval, 1833
  • Eurema (Terias) floricola
  • Terias smilacina Felder and Felder, 1865
  • Terias boisduvaliana Mabille, 1885
  • Terias arisba Mabille, 1887
  • Terias anjuana Butler, 1879
  • Terias decipiens Butler, 1879
  • Terias ceres Butler, 1886
  • Terias leonis Butler, 1886
  • Terias floricola nivea Berger, 1981

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.[2] 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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References

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