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Boisduval's Yellow

Eurema boisduvaliana

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 61, February 24, March 29, April 21, May 12, June 11, July 18, August 39, September 19, October 34, November 53, December 95.
Mexico416
United States351
Texas261
Sinaloa136
Arizona86
Quintana Roo46
Oaxaca36
Yucatan33
Jalisco29
Sonora25

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

Remember the name next time.

Practise Boisduval's Yellow with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.