Eurema desjardinsii

Angled grass yellow
E. d. marshalli
Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. desjardinsii
Binomial name
Eurema desjardinsii
(Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eurema desjardinsi (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Xanthidia desjardinsi Boisduval, 1833
  • Terias aliena Butler, 1880
  • Terias desjardinsi ab. drueti Dufrane, 1947
  • Terias marshalli Butler, 1898
  • Terias desjardinsi f. philonoe Stoneham, 1957
  • Terias desjardinsi f. dulcinea Stoneham, 1957
  • Terias desjardinsi marshalli f. pseudoregularis Berger, 1981

Eurema desjardinsii, the angled grass yellow, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family, found in Africa.

The wingspan is 35–38 mm for males and 37–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, depending on rainfall.[2]

The larvae feed on Chamaecrista mimosoides and probably Hypericum aethiopicum.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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