''Pyrisitia nise'', the mimosa yellow, is a
butterfly in the family
Pieridae. It is found from
Argentina north to the
Texas Gulf Coast and throughout central and southern
Florida, northward to the
Tennessee Valley. It is an occasional stray to central Texas and south-eastern
Arizona and rarely to southern
California, southern
Colorado and
Kansas. The habitat consists of brushy woodland edges.
[Butterflies and Moths of North America]
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The wingspan is . Both sexes are yellow. The upperside of the forewing has narrow black outer edges. Black margins of the hindwing are uncommon in males, but always absent in females. Adults are on wing from May to August in southern Florida, September to November in southern Texas and all year round in the tropics. Adults feed on flower nectar
Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries or nectarines, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists ...
.[
The larvae feed on '' Mimosa pudica''.][
]
Subspecies
The following subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
are recognized:[
*''P. n. nise'' (Jamaica)
*''P. n. stygma'' (Boisduval, 1836) (Peru, Ecuador)
*''P. n. tenella'' (Boisduval, 1836) (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Argentina, Paraguay)
*''P. n. larae'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1862) (Cuba)
*''P. n. nelphe'' (R. Felder, 1869) (Mexico, Panama)
*''P. n. floscula'' (Weeks, 1901) (Bolivia, Argentina, Peru)
]
References
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Butterflies of North America
Butterflies of Central America
Butterflies of the Caribbean
Pieridae of South America
Butterflies of Cuba
Butterflies of Jamaica
Lepidoptera of Brazil
Lepidoptera of Ecuador
Fauna of the Amazon
Arthropods of Argentina
Invertebrates of Bolivia
Butterflies described in 1775
Taxa named by Pieter Cramer
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