Eurema hecabe
Large Grass-yellow at Mossman, QLD
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| Eurema hecabe | JasonPStewart | 26 Jul 2025 | |
| Eurema hecabe | JasonPStewart | 26 Jul 2025 |
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_Eurema hecabe_ –to double check this identification.
Beautiful yellow and grey butterfly passed on,
dragged by a green tree ant for food .
Mossman .
2022 August 6th 5:48–5:49 pm .
Braby Michael F (1997)
Occurrence of _Eurema alitha_ (C. and R. Felder) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in Australia and its Distinction from _E. hecabe_ (Linnaeus).
Australian Journal of Entomology 36 (2) 153–158 .
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Location information
- Coordinates 145.373499-16.470656
- Places Mossman, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Aug 2022 05:48 PM Recorded on
- JasonPStewart Recorded by
- Oecophylla smaragdina Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 NatureMapr Eurema hecabe Whites & Yellows (Pieridae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Eurema hecabe Scientific name
- Large Grass-yellow Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 987m Recorded at altitude
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