Biology:Eurema salome

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Short description: Species of butterfly


Salome yellow
Salome Yellow (49697535818).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 salome C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Terias arbela ab. lurida d'Almeida, 1928
  • Terias salome saba Bryk, 1953
  • Terias salome limoneus C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Terias limonia Ménétriés, 1857 (nom. nud.)
  • Terias gaugamela C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Eurema damarina Staudinger, 1889
  • Terias mexicana henricii Apolinar, 1926
  • Terias jamapa Reakirt, 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). The wings are yellow, the upper surface of the forewings with black margins projecting into the yellow ground color. Males have a black border on the hindwings, while females are lacking this border. Both sexes have tail-like hindwing projections. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q2748831 entry