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Ghost Yellow

Eurema albula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 15, February 10, March 19, April 31, May 27, June 29, July 19, August 12, September 7, October 7, November 12, December 11.
Brazil199
Sao Paulo81
Argentina76
Buenos Aires34
Colombia31
Mexico30
Minas Gerais25
Santa Fe19
Espirito Santo16
Ecuador15

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusGrass Yellows · Eurema

Sources

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