Eurema hapale

Eurema hapale
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. hapale
Binomial name
	Eurema hapale; (Mabille, 1882)
Synonyms
	Terias hapale Mabille, 1882; Eurema (Terias) hapale; Terias hapale var. hibernia Neustetter, 1916; Terias hapale f. raritas Stoneham, 1957;

Eurema hapale, the marsh grass yellow or pale grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, including the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and Madagascar.^[2] The habitat consists of marshy areas in forests and moist savanna.

Adults have a relatively weak flight and often fly in dense vegetation. They are on wing from August to September and from April to May.

The larvae feed on Albizia species.

References

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