Eurema brigitta

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Small grass yellow
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Imago (above) and final instars (below)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species:
E. brigitta
Binomial name
Eurema brigitta
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Papilio brigittaStoll, [1780]
  • Maiva sulphureaGrose-Smith & Kirby, 1893
  • Xanthidia pulchellaBoisduval, 1833
  • Terias dronaHorsfield, [1829]
  • Terias sennaC. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Terias fruhstorferiMoore, 1906
  • Terias hainanaMoore, 1878
  • Terias rubellaWallace, 1867 [2]
  • Papilio libytheaFabricius, 1798 [3]
  • Terias australisWallace, 1867
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Upper side of male imago (above), showing the dark borders, and the pupa (below)

Eurema brigitta, the small grass yellow [4] [5] or broad-bordered grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. It is found in India, other parts of Asia, Australia and Africa. [4] [5] [3] [2]

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Description

Wet-season form: Male. Upper-side somewhat paler yellow. Fore-wing with the outer marginal black band; the apical edge of costa and the cilia rosy-red. Hind-wing with the black outer band somewhat narrower, macular, the decreasing portions each with a more prolonged inner-tooth, and the yellow ground-colour between each extending to the outer edge. Underside pale yellow, the fore-wing also having a very slightly defined sub-apical inwardly-oblique squamous streak. Fore-wing with the entire costal edge and outer marginal cilia, and also the outer marginal cilia of the hind-wing, rosy-red. Female. Upper-side. Apical edge between the subcostals of fore-wing, and cilia of both wings paler rosy-red. Underside with the markings on hind-wing slightly visible. Fore-wing above with the black outer band broken beneath the lower median veinlet. Hind-wing with the outer band similar to male, its portions slightly broader. Underside similar to male, the markings being slightly more defined.

Intermediate form: Male. Upper-side. Fore-wing with the outer band slightly narrower than in wet form; cilia paler red. Hind-wing with the marginal macular band narrower, and composed of smaller portions. Underside similar to wet form. Female. Upperside. Fore-wing with the outer band less broken at its posterior end than in wet form. Hind-wing with the marginal macular band less distinct and narrower. Underside similar to the male.

Dry-season form: Both sexes much smaller than in intermediate form. Cilia paler. Male. Fore-wing above with the inner-edge of the marginal band less sinuated than in intermediate form, its posterior end indistinctly broken. Hind-wing with the lower portions of the macular band somewhat larger and less dentate. Underside. Both wings with less defined markings than in intermediate form. Female. Upper-side. Fore-wing with the band slightly broken at posterior end. Hind-wing with the lower portions of band somewhat wider. Underside with the markings indistinct.

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on the wing year-round. [6]

Food plants

The larvae feed on Hypericum aethiopicum and Chamaecrista mimosoides . [6]

Subspecies

See also

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References

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