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Eurema brigitta (Stoll, 1780)

Subspecies

  • [Eurema] brigitta brigitta (Stoll, 1780)
    - zoe (Hopffer, 1855)
    - caffra (Felder & Felder, 1865)
    - candace (Felder & Felder, 1865)
    - seruli (Westwood, 1881)
    - sulphurea (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)
    - eximia (Thurau, 1903)

Adult morphologyWingspan18
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)43
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)173
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
GUI:
Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone
GUI
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
AFR:
Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated
AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Clusiaceae
    - Hypericum
  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia
    - Albizia
    - Cassia
    - Sesbania
    - Tephrosia

  • Clusiaceae
    - Hypericum
  • Fabaceae
    - Acacia
    - Albizia
    - Cassia
    - Sesbania
    - Tephrosia

Eurema brigitta
Photographer: Gerard Bergsma

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011