Eurema hapale

Eurema hapale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. hapale
Binomial name
Eurema hapale
(Mabille, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
  • Terias hapale Mabille, 1882
  • Eurema (Terias) hapale
  • Terias hapale var. hibernia Neustetter, 1916
  • Terias hapale f. raritas Stoneham, 1957

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 Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and Madagascar.[2] 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.

References

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  1. ↑ Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subfamily Coliadinae


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