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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 morphology
Wingspan
18
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
43
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
173
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
GUI
:
Centered on the Guinea Savannah, extending into farmbush in the forest zone
GUI
Distribution
Geographical 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