Eurema herla
Pink grass yellow | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Eurema |
Species: | E. herla |
Binomial name | |
Eurema herla (WS Macleay, 1826)[1] | |
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Eurema herla, the pink grass yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in northern and eastern Australia.[2]
The wingspan is about 30 mm (1.2 in). Adults are yellow, with a smoothly rounded black area at the upperside of the forewings and dark dots at the ends of the veins at the margin of the upper side of the hindwings. The underside of the forewings is, while the underside of the hindwings is orange with some indistinct darker bands.[2]
The larvae feed on Cassia mimosoides.[1]
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