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Eurema hecabe, the common grass yellow, [1] [2] is a small pierid butterfly species found in Asia, Africa and Australia. [1] [2] [3] They are found flying close to the ground and are found in open grass and scrub habitats. It is simply known as "the grass yellow" in parts of its range; the general term otherwise refers to the entire genus Eurema.
A truly migratory European butterfly, this species is famous for occasional mass migrations and subsequent breeding, which are often referred to in the United Kingdom as "clouded yellow years". Notable clouded yellow years include 1877, 1947, 1983, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 2000.
Eurema lisa, commonly known as the little yellow, little sulphur or little sulfur, is a butterfly species of subfamily Coliadinae that occurs in Central America and the southern part of North America.
Eurema is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (Eurema daira). There are over 70 species in the genus, but more than 300 synonymous names have been applied to them.
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia. [1] Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow, or orange in coloration, often with black spots.
The wing uppers of the males are bright orange-yellow in ground colour and have a dark edge that is not dusted. The dark border is narrower on the hind wingsand not broken through by veins (in contrast to Colias crocea). The wing uppers of the females are orange-yellow to greenish-white ( C. myrmidone f. alba) in colour and have a dark, dusty ...
Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 – Greek clouded butterfly or dawn clouded yellow; Colias baeckeri Kotzsch, 1930; Colias behrii W. H. Edwards, 1866 – Behr's sulphur or Sierra green sulfur; Colias berylla Fawcett, 1904 – Everest clouded yellow; Colias canadensis Ferris, 1982 – Canada sulphur; Colias caucasica Staudinger, 1871 ...
Eurema mexicana, the Mexican yellow, sometimes called the wolf-face sulphur, [2] is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It occurs mainly in Mexico but occasionally is found in central and southwestern United States and rarely in Canada .