Eurema leuce

Hall's sulphur

Female, dorsal view

Female, ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. leuce
Binomial name
*Eurema leuce* (Boisduval, 1836)^[1]
Synonyms
Terias leuce Boisduval, 1836 Pyrisitia leuce Papilio sanguinea Larrañaga, 1923 Terias riograndensis d'Almeida, 1934 Terias circumcincta Bates, 1861 Terias athalia C. & R. Felder, [1865] Terias diodina Butler, 1875 Terias pseudoleuce d'Almeida, 1934 Eurema hahneli Staudinger, 1884 Eurema sanjuanensis Watson, 1938

Eurema leuce, the Hall's sulphur, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found on the West Indies and in Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, and Venezuela.^[1]

Male

The length of the forewings is 17–21 mm for males and females. Adults have been recorded feeding on Bidens pilosa, Tournefortia hirsutissima, and Croton barahonensis.^[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[1]

E. l. leuce (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay)
E. l. circumcincta (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Pará)
E. l. athalia (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
E. l. flavilla (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Amazonas), Peru)
E. l. memulus (Butler, 1871) (Haiti)
E. l. antillarum (Hall, 1936) (St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico)

References

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1 2 3 Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
↑ The butterflies of Hispaniola

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