Eurema floricola, the Malagasy grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and on Madagascar, the Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion and the Seychelles.[2] Its habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.
| Malagasy grass yellow | |
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| Eurema floricola ssp. ceres | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Eurema |
| Species: | E. floricola
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| Binomial name | |
| Eurema floricola | |
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The larvae feed on Desmanthus virgatus, Caesalpinia bonducella, Leucaena glauca, Mimosa and Entada species.
Subspecies
edit- Eurema floricola floricola (Madagascar, eastern Tanzania)
- Eurema floricola aldabrensis Bernardi, 1969 (Seychelles)
- Eurema floricola anjuana (Butler, 1879) (Comoros)
- Eurema floricola ceres (Butler, 1886) (Mauritius, Reunion)
- Eurema floricola leonis (Butler, 1886) (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)
References
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- ^ Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subfamily Coliadinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
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