Eurema hecabe
(Large Grass-yellow, Common Grass-yellow)
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FAMILY |
Pieridae |
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Species |
Eurema hecabe |
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Common name(s) |
Large Grass-yellow, Common Grass-yellow |
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Main colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Distinctive feature |
Wingspan 37/40 mm |
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Campus |
Cairns, Townsville |
Description
The larvae of this species feed on a variety of shrubs particularly in the Euphorbiaceae and Fabaceae, e.g. the genera Breynia, Phyllanthus, Aeschynomene, Indigofera, Sesbania and Acacia. Mature larvae 24-40 mm long, body dull green with a white line edged with yellow; head green. Adult fore wing is yellow with black on the margin, hind wing has a narrower black band, bands in the female are larger; lower surface paler lacks marginal dark band.