Species of butterfly
| Hall's sulphur
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| P. l. athalia, Colombia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Pieridae
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| Genus:
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Eurema
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| Species:
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E. leuce
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| Binomial name
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Eurema leuce
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| Synonyms
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- Terias leuce Boisduval, 1836
- Pyrisitia leuce
- Papilio sanguinea Larrañaga, 1923
- Terias riograndensis d'Almeida, 1934
- Terias circumcincta Bates, 1861
- Terias athalia C. & R. Felder, [1865]
- Terias diodina Butler, 1875
- Terias pseudoleuce d'Almeida, 1934
- Eurema hahneli Staudinger, 1884
- Eurema sanjuanensis Watson, 1938
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Eurema leuce, the Hall's sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the West Indies and in Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, and Venezuela.[1]
The length of the forewings is 17–21 mm for males and females. Adults have been recorded feeding on Bidens pilosa, Tournefortia hirsutissima, and Croton barahonensis.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- E. l. leuce (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay)
- E. l. circumcincta (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Pará)
- E. l. athalia (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
- E. l. flavilla (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Amazonas), Peru)
- E. l. memulus (Butler, 1871) (Haiti)
- E. l. antillarum (Hall, 1936) (St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico)
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Male. ventral view
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Female, dorsal view
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Female, ventral view
References
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