Malagasy Grass Yellow

Eurema floricola

"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.
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Naming

*"Eurema floricola floricola"
⤷ "Eurema floricola aldabrensis" Bernardi, 1969
⤷ "Eurema floricola anjuana"
⤷ "Eurema floricola ceres"
⤷ "Eurema floricola leonis"

Food

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

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusEurema
SpeciesE. floricola
Photographed in
Madagascar