Eurema mexicana

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Pieridae

'The Pieridae are members of the Superfamily Papilionoidea, the true butterflies. Worldwide in distribution, most species are found in the tropics. Adults have medium to small wings that are white, yellow, or orange, with some black or red, and many have hidden ultraviolet patterns that are used in courtship . Species with more than one generation usually have distinct seasonal variation in appearance . Adults of all species visit flowers for nectar, and adults of both sexes have three pairs of walking legs . Males patrol in search of receptive mates, and females lay columnar eggs on leaves, buds, and stems. The majority of caterpillars of North American whites and sulphurs feed on legumes or crucifers (members of the Mustard family ). Typically, temperate species overwinter in the pupal or larval stage , while tropical species overwinter as adults.

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Physical Description

Habitat

Open, dry areas Found in moister areas in Mexico and Central America.

Biology

Diet

Caterpillar hosts: Acacia and Diphysa in the pea family (Fabaceae). Adult food: Nectar from a wide variety of flowers.

Reproduction

None reported.

Behavior

Flight: Midsummer to fall as vagrant , all year in tropics.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Feb-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Eurema

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. albula (Ghost Yellow) · E. andersoni (One-Spot Yellow Grass) · E. boisduvaliana (Boisduval's Yellow) · E. brigitta (Small Grass Yellow) · E. daira (Barred Yellow) · E. dina (Dina Yellow) · E. lisa (Little Sulphur) · E. lisae (Little Yellow) · E. mexicana (Mexican Yellow) · E. nicippe (Sleepy Orange) · E. nise (Mimosa Yellow) · E. proterpia (Tailed Orange) · E. salome (Salome Yellow)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Annotated checklist of the butterflies of Illinois [by] Roderick R. Irwin [and] John C. Downey. Urbana, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1973. url p. 17.
• Bibliography (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) / Charles A. Bridges. Urbana, Ill.: C.A. Bridges, c1993. url p. 158, p. 278.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url , p. 51.
• Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 211, p. 211, p. 228, p. 228, p. 321.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 152, p. 157, p. 214, p. 254, p. 255, p. 287, p. 68, p. 80, p. 87, p. 90.
• Index to the literature of American economic entomology. Melrose Highlands, Mass. [etc.], American Association of Economic Entomologists [etc.], 1917-62. url p. 142.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 303.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 293.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url p. 262, p. 268.
• The Lepidopterists' news: the monthly newsletter of the Lepidopterists' Society. Cambridge, Mass.: Lepidopterists' Society, 1947-1958. url p. 85, p. 91, p. 92.
• The changing Illinois environment: critical trends: technical report of the Critical Trends Assessment Project. Springfield, Ill.: Ill. Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources, 1994. url p. 179.
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 6 1930 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 11, p. 398.
• Tulane studies in zoology. 6 1958 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url p. 103, p. 109, p. 92.
• Zoology of Colorado, by Theodore D.A. Cockerell. .. Boulder, Col., University of Colorado, 1927. url p. 217.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• GloBIS (GART): Global Butterfly Information System. Release date: November 23, 2008
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 26, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
• Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie Information Node. March 26, 2007.
• Opler, Paul A., Kelly Lotts, and Thomas Naberhaus, coordinators. 2009. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Big Sky Institute. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ (Version of April 17, 2009).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 26, 2008:

• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2603230
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Gar-2002
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IILEPB4030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 172116

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=15&sci=Pieridae&com=Whites and Sulphurs [back]

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