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Eurema hecabe
The Large Grass Yellow or Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe) is a small pierid butterfly species found in Asia or Africa. They are found flying close to the ground and are found in open grass and scrub habitats. It is simply known as "the grass yellow" in parts of its range; the general term otherwise refers to the entire genus Eurema. The Common Grass Yellow exhibits seasonal polyphenism.
The low grasses and open ground in my garden in Tamil Nadu, South India
@Nopayahnah, yes, though it took a long while following it around. It kept settling under leaves and grass where I couldn't photograph it! Patience paid off...
thanks Nuwan and also S Frazier for the ID. There are so many yellow butterflies in my garden I am interested to see how many different ones are there, but they are so difficult to capture. They fly so swift and erratically and like to stop UNDER leaves... Hmmm.
Spotted on Feb 21, 2012
Submitted on Feb 21, 2012
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