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LINED GRASS-YELLOW FACTS |
Identification
The Lined Grass-yellow is yellow with brown wing margins on upper side of forewings and hindwings. The brown margins on the butterfly's hindwings are very narrow. There are two forms - wet-season and dry-season. Wet-season form has fairly plain pale yellow underside, while dry season form has pale brown hindwings with two dark streaks across the underside. The Lined Grass-yellow is similar to the No-brand Grass-yellow butterfly which is larger with broader brown band on upper surface of hindwings and no dark lines on the underside.
Other Names
Spotless Grass Yellow
Size
length 30mm
Habitat
grassland, woodland
Breeding
larvae feeds on Chamaecrista species
Range
found throughout tropical coastal regions of Queensland, and across the north of Northern Territory to the Gulf of Carpentaria
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Pieridae | | Genus: | Eurema | | Species: | laeta | | Common Name: | Lined Grass-yellow |
Relatives in same Genus
Papuan Grass-yellow (E. blanda)
No-brand Grass-yellow (E. brigitta)
Large Grass-yellow (E. hecabe)
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