Eurema boisduvaliana

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Eurema boisduvaliana
YELLOW, BOISDUVAL'S (Eurema boisduvaliana) (8-8-06) male, sycamore ck, az (9424354628).jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species:
E. boisduvaliana
Binomial name
Eurema boisduvaliana
(C. & R. Felder, [1865]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Terias boisduvalianaC. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Eurema boisduvalianum
  • Pyrisita boisduvaliana
  • Terias ingrataR. Felder, 1869

Eurema boisduvaliana, commonly known as Boisduval's yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Costa Rica north to Mexico. Rare strays may be found in southern Florida, but it is a regular migrant to south-eastern Arizona, south-western New Mexico, and southern Texas. The habitat consists of subtropical forests and forest edges, scrubs, roadsides and pastures. [2]

The wingspan is 38–51 mm (1.5–2.0 in). Adults are on wing from April to November in southern Texas and northward. They are on wing year round in the tropics. Adults feed on flower nectar. [2]

The larvae feed on Cassia species. [2]

Taxonomy

Eurema boisduvaliana is treated as a subspecies of Eurema arbela by most authors.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "E. a. boisduvaliana (C. & R. Felder, [1865])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Butterflies and Moths of North America