''Eurema floricola'', the Malagasy grass yellow, is a
butterfly in the family
Pieridae. It is found in
Sierra Leone,
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
,
Ghana,
Nigeria, the
Democratic Republic of Congo,
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
,
Kenya,
Tanzania,
Zambia and on
Madagascar, the
Comoros
The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...
,
Mauritius,
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
and the
Seychelles.
Its habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.
The larvae feed on ''
Desmanthus virgatus
''Desmanthus virgatus'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family that is known by many common names, including wild tantan, prostrate bundleflower, dwarf koa, desmanto, acacia courant, acacia savane, pompon blank,Francis, J. K., Ed'' ...
'', ''
Caesalpinia bonducella
''Guilandina bonduc'', commonly known as grey nicker, nicker bean,[Leucaena glauca
''Leucaena leucocephala'' is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala) and is now naturalized throughout the tropics including parts of Asia.
Common names include jumbay, ...]
'', ''
Mimosa'' and ''
Entada'' species.
Subspecies
*''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
Butterflies described in 1833
floricola
Butterflies of Africa
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