Eurema salome

Eurema salome, the Salome yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Peru northward through tropical America. It is an extremely rare migrant to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The habitat consists of forest openings and edges and roadcuts.[2]

Salome yellow
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pieridae
Genus:
Eurema
Species:
E. salome
Binomial name
Eurema salome
(C. & R. Felder, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Terias salome C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Terias arbela ab. lurida d'Almeida, 1928
  • Terias salome saba Bryk, 1953
  • Terias salome limoneus C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Terias limonia Ménétriés, 1857 (nom. nud.)
  • Terias gaugamela C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Eurema damarina Staudinger, 1889
  • Terias mexicana henricii Apolinar, 1926
  • Terias jamapa Reakirt, 1866
  • Eurema xystra

The wingspan is 47–57 mm (1.9–2.2 in). The wings are yellow, the upper surface of the forewings with black margins projecting into the yellow ground color. Males have a black border on the hindwings, while females are lacking this border. Both sexes have tail-like hindwing projections. Adults are on wing from August to September in southern Texas and all year round in the tropics. Adults feed on flower nectar of a wide variety of flowers.[2]

The larvae feed on Diphysa species.[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized:[1]

  • E. s. salome (Peru)
  • E. s. limoneus (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela)
  • E. s. gaugamela (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Colombia, Venezuela)
  • E. s. jamapa (Reakirt, 1866) (Mexico)
  • E. s. xystra (d'Almeida, 1936) (Ecuador)

References
  1. Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Butterflies and Moths of North America


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