Eurema brigitta
Eurema brigitta, the small grass yellow or broad-bordered grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. It is found in India, other parts of Asia, Australia and Africa.Description
The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on the wing year-round.The larvae feed on Hypericum aethiopicum and Chamaecrista mimosoides.Subspecies
- E. b. brigitta – tropical Africa
- E. b. pulchella – Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoro Islands, Aldabra Islands
- E. b. drona – Sumatra, Java to Lombok
- E. b. senna – Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Indochina
- E. b. fruhstorferi – eastern Indo-China
- E. b. ina Eliot, 1956 – southern Sulawesi
- E. b. hainana – Hainan
- E. b. rubella – Sri Lanka, India, Burma to southern China, Nicobars
- E. b. formosana Matsumura, 1919 – Taiwan
- E. b. yunnana
- E. b. australis – Australia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
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