Biology:Eurema hapale
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Eurema |
| Species: | E. hapale
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| Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)[1]
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Eurema hapale, the marsh grass yellow or pale grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, including the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and Madagascar .[2] The habitat consists of marshy areas in forests and moist savanna.
Adults have a relatively weak flight and often fly in dense vegetation. They are on wing from August to September and from April to May.
The larvae feed on Albizia species.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eurema hapale. |
Wikidata ☰ Q1833746 entry
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