Eurema portoricensis
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Eurema portoricensis, the Puerto Rican Yellow, is a butterfly
in the Pieridae
family. It is found in Puerto Rico
.
The larvae feed on Senna obtusifolia
, Senna alata
and Chamaecrista nictitans patellaria var. glabrata
.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
family. It is found in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
.
The larvae feed on Senna obtusifolia
Senna obtusifolia
Senna obtusifolia is a legume in the genus Senna, sometimes separated in the monotypic genus Diallobus. It grows wild in North, Central, and South America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and is considered a particularly serious weed in many places...
, Senna alata
Senna alata
Senna alata, the Candle Bush, is an important medicinal tree as well as an ornamental flowering plants in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It also known as a Candelabra Bush, Empress Candle Plant, Ringworm Tree or "candletree"...
and Chamaecrista nictitans patellaria var. glabrata
Chamaecrista nictitans
Chamaecrista nictitans is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas...
.