Pyrisitia nise

Pyrisitia nise
Pyrisitia nise nise, Jamaica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. nise
Binomial name
Eurema nise (Cramer, [1775]) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio niseCramer, [1775] Pieris nedaGodart, 1819 Eurema nise Eurema neda Eurema sullaWeymer, 1890 Terias porterid'Almeida, 1930 Terias joannisiDufrane, 1947 Terias joannisi ab. minorDufrane, 1947 Terias joannisi ab. marginataDufrane, 1947 Terias joannisi ab. obliterataDufrane, 1947 Terias tenellaBoisduval, 1836 Terias nisellaFelder, 1862 Terias perimedePrittwitz, 1865 Terias tenella ab. alcidesd'Almeida, 1913 Terias tenella f. germanad'Almeida, 1921 Terias tenella f. jacarepaguanad'Almeida, 1921 Terias tenella f. panopead'Almeida, 1921 Terias lepidulad'Almeida, 1921 Terias thymetus f. cordobensisKöhler, 1923 Terias tenella ab. cissad'Almeida, 1928 Terias thymetus f. formosanusJörgensen, 1935 Eurema larae f. ricardiTorre & Alayo, 1953 Terias nelpheR. Felder, 1869 Eurema venustulaStaudinger, 1876 Terias lindaEdwards, 1884 Terias neda f. fuscaGiacomelli, 1915 Terias tenella ab. argiad'Almeida, 1928 Eurema friedaBaumann & Reissinger, 1969 Eurema frieda f. discopunctataBaumann & Reissinger, 1969

Pyrisitia nise, the mimosa yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Argentina north to the Texas Gulf Coast and throughout central and southern Florida, northward to the Tennessee Valley. It is an occasional stray to central Texas and south-eastern Arizona and rarely to southern California, southern Colorado and Kansas. The habitat consists of brushy woodland edges. ^[2]

The wingspan is 29–51 mm (1.1–2.0 in). Both sexes are yellow. The upperside of the forewing has narrow black outer edges. Black margins of the hindwing are uncommon in males, but always absent in females. Adults are on wing from May to August in southern Florida, September to November in southern Texas and all year round in the tropics. Adults feed on flower nectar. ^[2]

The larvae feed on Mimosa pudica . ^[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized: ^[1]

• P. n. nise (Jamaica)
• P. n. stygma(Boisduval, 1836) (Peru, Ecuador)
• P. n. tenella(Boisduval, 1836) (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Argentina, Paraguay)
• P. n. larae(Herrich-Schäffer, 1862) (Cuba)
• P. n. nelphe(R. Felder, 1869) (Mexico, Panama)
• P. n. floscula(Weeks, 1901) (Bolivia, Argentina, Peru)

References

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