Eurema herla

Pink grass yellow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. herla
Binomial name
Eurema herla
(WS Macleay, 1826)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris herla Macleay, 1826
  • Terias sinta Wallace, 1867
  • Terias hespera Butler, 1886
  • Terias immaculata Miskin, 1889

Eurema herla, the pink grass yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in northern and eastern Australia.[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm (1.2 in). Adults are yellow, with a smoothly rounded black area at the upperside of the forewings and dark dots at the ends of the veins at the margin of the upper side of the hindwings. The underside of the forewings is, while the underside of the hindwings is orange with some indistinct darker bands.[2]

The larvae feed on Cassia mimosoides.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
  2. 1 2 Australian Insects


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