Eurema herla

Eurema herla

(Pink Grass-yellow, Macleay’s Grass-yellow)

FAMILY

Pieridae

Species

Eurema herla

Common name(s)

Pink Grass-yellow, Macleay’s Grass-yellow

Main colour(s)

Yellow

Distinctive feature

Wingspan 30/34 mm

Campus

Townsville

Description

The larvae of this species feed on Chamaecrista mimosoides. Details of mature larvae have not been recorded. Adults have a yellow fore wing with an apical brownish-black band, the hind wing is yellow with terminal black spots; lower surface is yellow.