description Common Yellow Overview
Common Grass Yellow, Eurema hecabe, is a pierid butterfly distributed widely across the Old World tropics, including parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Adults are predominantly yellow, often with dark margins or markings on the wings, but the pattern changes among geographic forms and wet- and dry-season generations. The species is commonly encountered in open habitats, gardens, and grassland, and its larvae feed on plants in the legume family. It is a useful example of variation within a widespread tropical butterfly.
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What is the scientific name of Common Grass Yellow?
Common Grass Yellow is Eurema hecabe. It is a pierid butterfly widely distributed through the Old World tropics.
Where can Eurema hecabe be found?
Its range includes parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia. It is one of the broadly distributed yellow butterflies of tropical and subtropical regions.
What color is the Common Grass Yellow butterfly?
Adults are predominantly yellow, often with dark margins or other dark wing markings. The exact pattern can change between geographic forms.
Why can Common Grass Yellow markings look different in photographs?
Eurema hecabe shows geographic variation in its wing pattern. Butterflies from different parts of its Old World tropical range may therefore have noticeably different markings.
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