Eurema leuce

Hall's sulphur
P. l. athalia, Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. leuce
Binomial name
Eurema leuce (Boisduval, 1836) [1]
Synonyms
Terias leuceBoisduval, 1836 Pyrisitia leuce Papilio sanguineaLarrañaga, 1923 Terias riograndensisd'Almeida, 1934 Terias circumcinctaBates, 1861 Terias athaliaC. & R. Felder, [1865] Terias diodinaButler, 1875 Terias pseudoleuced'Almeida, 1934 Eurema hahneliStaudinger, 1884 Eurema sanjuanensisWatson, 1938

Eurema leuce, the Hall's sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the West Indies and in Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, and Venezuela. ^[1]

The length of the forewings is 17–21 mm for males and females. Adults have been recorded feeding on Bidens pilosa , Tournefortia hirsutissima , and Croton barahonensis . ^[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: ^[1]

• E. l. leuce (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay)
• E. l. circumcincta(Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Pará)
• E. l. athalia(C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
• E. l. flavilla(Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Amazonas), Peru)
• E. l. memulus(Butler, 1871) (Haiti)
• E. l. antillarum(Hall, 1936) (St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico)

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  Male. ventral view
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  Female, dorsal view
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  Female, ventral view

References

1. Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
2. The butterflies of Hispaniola