Grass Yellow Butterflies of Zihuatanejo

GENUS EUREMA

• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

• Butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea)

• Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

• Yellows and Sulphurs (Subfamily Coliadinae)

• Genus Eurema

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Genus Eurema is one of the largest and most widespread genera of sulphur butterflies in the subfamily Coliadinae of the family Pieridae, comprising more than 70 species distributed throughout tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions of the world. Commonly known as the grass yellows or little yellows, these butterflies are generally small and delicate, with bright yellow, lemon-yellow, or yellow-orange wings often bordered with black or brown. They are active, fluttering fliers commonly found in gardens, roadsides, grasslands, tropical dry forests, woodland edges, agricultural fields, and disturbed habitats.

EUREMA - GRASS YELLOW BUTTERFLIES - SPECIES