Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subspecies

• [Eurema] hecabe solifera (Butler, 1875)
  - bisinuata (Butler, 1876)
  - chalcomiaeta (Butler, 1879)
  - dentilimbata (Butler, 1879)
  - bewsheri (Butler, 1879)
  - leonis (Butler, 1886)
  - orientis (Butler, 1888)
  - aethiopica (Trimen, 1889)
  - butleri (Trimen, 1889)
  - parva (Rothschild, 1921)
  - alba (Dufrane, 1945)
  - subalba (Dufrane, 1945)
  - alba (Dufrane, 1945)
  - maureli (Dufrane, 1947)
  - continua (Storace, 1949)
  - napia (Stoneham, 1957)
  - neria (Stoneham, 1957)
  

Adult morphology	Wingspan	19
Literature references	Species number (Larsen 2005)	39
	Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)	174
Habitat	Habitat preference [1]	UBQ: Can be found in nearly all types of habitats UBQ
Distribution	Geographical distribution [2]	AFR: Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

• Clusiaceae
  - Hypericum

• Fabaceae
  - Aeschynomede
  - Albizia
  - Caesalpinia
  - Cassia
  - Dichrostachys
  - Entada
  - Lespedeza
  - Lotus
  - Parkia
  - Sesbania

• Clusiaceae
  - Hypericum
• Fabaceae
  - Aeschynomede
  - Albizia
  - Caesalpinia
  - Cassia
  - Dichrostachys
  - Entada
  - Lespedeza
  - Lotus
  - Parkia
  - Sesbania