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Three-Spot Grass yellow

Eurema blanda

Description:

A very common yellow butterfly 1 - 1 1/4 in wingspan from Pieridae Family of butterflies. The females are usually paler than males. The caterpillar is pale green with a white stripes at the sides. Hostplants include Caesalpinaceae and Mimosaceae including delonix regia , Casia and Aslbizia lebbeck.

Habitat:

Open grasslands , cultivated and populated lands.

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4 Comments

VeronicaPrudente
VeronicaPrudente 11 years ago

Wow! I must agree with NuwanChathuranga with that. <3 the 3rd photo!:)

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 11 years ago

thanks Daniela and NuwanChathuranga, Those are locally known as Cogon grass and that's where these butterflies take shelter during the night.

DB
DB 11 years ago

A delight to see all those beautiful butterflies flying in the grass!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

3rd pic is Amazing !

Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines

Spotted on Mar 3, 2011
Submitted on Aug 30, 2012

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