Small Grass-yellow at Copmanhurst, NSW
Identification history
| Eurema smilax | Yesterday | AlisonMilton | ||
| Pieris rapae | 1 Aug 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Eurema smilax | 1 Aug 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Eurema hecabe | 13 May 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unverified | 7 May 2025 | MazzV |
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User's notes
One of the yellow category of butterflies, possibly the Large Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe). Despite there being a pair of them (photo 4), I didn’t get to see the upper surfaces of their wings properly, but some of the inside patterning was discernible from the outside (especially in photos 1 & 2).
3 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
13 May 2025
Sorry, not sure why I confirmed CarbonAI's suggestion. Not correct and have undone.
MazzV
wrote:
13 May 2025
Thanks @AlisonMilton, As long as we get there in the end, whooopsies happen to all of us.
All the Best, MazzV
All the Best, MazzV
MazzV
wrote:
Yesterday
Hi @AlisonMilton , Happy New Year and thanks for this ID! I've just recently been trying to get a handle on the distinctions between the 'Small Grass Yellow (E. smilax), and the 'Large Grass Yellow' (E hecabe), so I'd be particularly interested in your thoughts. Cheers, MazzV
Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
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Collections
MazzV NatureMapr Whites & Yellows (Pieridae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects Eurema smilax Whites & Yellows (Pieridae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Chrysanthemum and Warragul Greens Associated plant
- Another butterfly, also yellow. Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Eurema smilax Scientific name
- Small Grass-yellow Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1655.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Eurema smilax smilax
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes