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The Large Grass-yellow is brightly coloured, but well camouflaged when at rest amongst yellow leaves.
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The Large Grass-yellow has colour variations - this is a male of the dry-season form.
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not sure if this is a Large Grass-yellow. It could be female wet-season form?
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LARGE GRASS-YELLOW FACTS |
Identification
The Large Grass-yellow butterfly has black tips on the upper side of the forewings. The underside of the wings are yellow with small dirty looking dark marks.
Size
wingspan 40mm
Habitat
savannah, open woodland
Food
caterpillars feed on the soft fronds of Cycad plants. Adults feed on nectar
Range
breeds in north Queensland and top of Northern Territory. Migrates down east coast in autumn to southern Queensland and New South Wales.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Pieridae | | Genus: | Eurema | | Species: | hecabe | | Common Name: | Large Grass-yellow |
Relatives in same Genus
Papuan Grass-yellow (E. blanda)
No-brand Grass-yellow (E. brigitta)
Lined Grass-yellow (E. laeta)
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