Dina Yellow

Pyrisitia dina

"Pyrisitia dina", the Dina Yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Panama north to southern Florida. The species is regularly recorded from southern Texas and south-eastern Arizona. The habitat consists of forest edges, brushy fields and open forest.
Pyrisitia dina Ruins of Chichen Itza. Eurema dina,Geotagged,Mexico,Summer

Appearance

The wingspan is 32–57 mm. Males are orange-yellow with a very narrow black border on the outer and costal margins of the forewing. Females are yellow with black at the forewing tip. On the underside of both sexes, three black spots are found on the hindwing. The wet-season form is paler. Adults are on wing year round in southern Florida. Strays can be found in southern Texas in November and southern Arizona in October. Adults feed on flower nectar of "Lantana", "Asclepias" and small-flowered Asteraceae species in South America.
Pyrisitia dina Taken yesterday when I was hunting for some capsicums not yet eaten by worms or uracas. Costa Rica,Eurema dina,Fall,Geotagged,Pieridae,Pyrisitia dina,butterfly,coliadinae,insect,sulphur

Food

The larvae feed on "Alvaradoa amorphoides" in Florida and "Picramnia" species in Central America.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusPyrisitia
SpeciesP. dina
Photographed in
Costa Rica
Mexico