Eurema salome

Salome yellow
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. salome
Binomial name
Eurema salome (C. & R. Felder, 1861) [1]
Synonyms
Terias salomeC. & R. Felder, 1861 Terias arbela ab. luridad'Almeida, 1928 Terias salome sabaBryk, 1953 Terias salome limoneusC. & R. Felder, 1861 Terias limoniaMénétriés, 1857 (nom. nud.) Terias gaugamelaC. & R. Felder, [1865] Eurema damarinaStaudinger, 1889 Terias mexicana henriciiApolinar, 1926 Terias jamapaReakirt, 1866 Eurema xystra

Eurema salome, the Salome yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Peru northward through tropical America. It is an extremely rare migrant to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The habitat consists of forest openings and edges and roadcuts. ^[2]

The wingspan is 47–57 mm (1.9–2.2 in). Adults are on wing from August to September in southern Texas and all year round in the tropics. Adults feed on flower nectar of a wide variety of flowers. ^[2]

The larvae feed on Diphysa species. ^[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized: ^[1]

• E. s. salome (Peru)
• E. s. limoneus(C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela)
• E. s. gaugamela(C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Colombia, Venezuela)
• E. s. jamapa(Reakirt, 1866) (Mexico)
• E. s. xystra(d'Almeida, 1936) (Ecuador)

References

1. Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
2. Butterflies and Moths of North America