Biology:Eurema floricola

Short description: Species of butterfly

Malagasy grass yellow
Eurema floricola ssp. ceres
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. floricola
Binomial name
Eurema floricola (Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
Xanthidia floricola Boisduval, 1833 Eurema (Terias) floricola Terias smilacina Felder and Felder, 1865 Terias boisduvaliana Mabille, 1885 Terias arisba Mabille, 1887 Terias anjuana Butler, 1879 Terias decipiens Butler, 1879 Terias ceres Butler, 1886 Terias leonis Butler, 1886 Terias floricola nivea Berger, 1981

Eurema floricola, the Malagasy grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and on Madagascar , the Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion and the Seychelles. Its habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.

The larvae feed on Desmanthus virgatus, Caesalpinia bonducella, Leucaena glauca, Mimosa and Entada species.

Subspecies

• Eurema floricola floricola (Madagascar, eastern Tanzania)
• Eurema floricola aldabrensis Bernardi, 1969 (Seychelles)
• Eurema floricola anjuana (Butler, 1879) (Comoros)
• Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886) (Mauritius, Reunion)
• Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886) (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q288018 entry