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Pyrisitia leuce

Pyrisitia leuce

Fabricius, 1775
Limoncito Dos Puntos Grande

Family: Pieridae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Eurema leuce, the Hall´s sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the West Indies and in Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, and Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is 17–21 mm for males and females. Adults have been recorded feeding on Bidens pilosa, Tournefortia hirsutissima, and Croton barahonensis.

Subspecies: The following subspecies are recognised:
  • E. l. leuce (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay)
  • E. l. circumcincta (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Pará)
  • E. l. athalia (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
  • E. l. flavilla (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Amazonas), Peru)
  • E. l. memulus (Butler, 1871) (Haiti)
  • E. l. antillarum (Hall, 1936) (St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico)

Source: Wikipedia, article Pyrisitia leuce. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
157835801/05/2022ArgentinaSanta FeReserva Ecológica Ciudad Universitaria UNL (RECU), Santa Fe1Gustavo Fernando Durán
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Pyrisitia leuce – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 17/09/2026.