Eurema hecabe solifera - Common grass yellow

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Eurema hecabe
Eurema hecabe
Eurema hecabe
Eurema hecabe

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Catapu, Mozambique.

Species details:

Note: distinguished from other species in the genus by the irregular and not smoothly rounded inner edge of the apical band in the forewing.
Distribution: Widespread and common throughout Southern Africa.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
Larval food (by plant species):
Fabaceae subfamily CaesalpinioideaeChamaecrista mimosoides (Food plant)
Literature:

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Eurema hecabe solifera.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400320, retrieved 8 December 2024

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