Eurema desjardinsii

Eurema desjardinsii, the angled grass yellow, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, found in Africa.

Angled grass yellow
E. d. marshalli Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. desjardinsii
Binomial name
Eurema desjardinsii (Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
Eurema desjardinsi (Boisduval, 1833) Xanthidia desjardinsi Boisduval, 1833 Terias aliena Butler, 1880 Terias desjardinsi ab. drueti Dufrane, 1947 Terias marshalli Butler, 1898 Terias desjardinsi f. philonoe Stoneham, 1957 Terias desjardinsi f. dulcinea Stoneham, 1957 Terias desjardinsi marshalli f. pseudoregularis Berger, 1981

The wingspan is 35–38 mm for males and 37–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, depending on rainfall.[2]

The larvae feed on Chamaecrista mimosoides and probably Hypericum aethiopicum.

Subspecies

• Eurema desjardinsii desjardinsi (Madagascar, Comoro Islands)
• Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Butler, 1898) (Kenya, South Africa)

References

1. Eurema at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate 22e