Eurema leuce

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Hall's sulphur
Leuce yellow (Pyrisitia leuce athalia) Cuninamarca.jpg
P. l. athalia, Colombia
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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