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Eurema portoricensis

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Species of butterfly

Puerto Rican yellow
Female, dorsal view
Female, ventral view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. portoricensis
Binomial name
Eurema portoricensis
(Dewitz, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Terias portoricensis Dewitz, 1877
  • Pyrisitia portoricensis
  • Terias tenera Avinoff, 1926

Eurema portoricensis, the Puerto Rican yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Puerto Rico.

Male, dorsal view
Male, ventral view

The larvae feed on Senna obtusifolia, Senna alata, and Chamaecrista nictitans patellaria var. glabrata.

References

  1. ^ Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Biologia de Eurema portoricensis (Dewitz) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
Taxon identifiers
Eurema portoricensis


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