Eurema brigitta — Details

Small Grass Yellow learn more about names for this taxon

Overview

Distribution

Range Description

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This species has a vast extent of occurrence across the Afrotropics and much of Asia. It has been recorded in practically all African countries, including most of the islands and has some migratory capacity. It is also found in Arabia and most of the Oriental Region. In Tanzania, it has been documented at altitudes from sea-level to 2,400 m (Kielland 1990).

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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat and Ecology

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Habitat and Ecology
This species is abundant across savanna and grassland, also arising in clearings, disturbed habitats, farmbush and along roads in forest. Both sexes visit flowers and males mud-puddle, sometimes congregating on damp sand or wet herbivore dung in very large numbers. Larval host-plants include Hypericum aethiopicu, Chamaecrista mimosoides, Senna species, Sesbania species, Albizia species, Acacia species, and Tephrosia species.

Systems
  • Terrestrial
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Eurema brigitta

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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank.   Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.  See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen.  Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.

ACAGGAATAGTAGGTACATCTCTT---AGATTATTAATTCGAACTGAATTAGGAAATCCAGGTTCTTTAATTGGAGAT---GATCAAATTTACAATACTATTGTAACAGCTCACGCTTTTATCATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCCATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATG---TTAGGGGCCCCAGATATAGCATTTCCCCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGACTTCTTCCCCCCTCATTAACCCTTTTAATTTCAAGAAGTATTGTTGAAAATGGAGCCGGAACAGGATGAACAGTATACCCCCCACTTTCATCAAATATTGCTCATAGAGGATCATCTGTTGACTTA---GCAATTTTTTCCTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCATCAATTTTGGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACTATTATTAATATACGAATTAATAATATATCTTTTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGAGCTGTAGGAATTACAGCTTTATTATTACTTCTTTCATTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGT---GCAATTACCATACTTCTTACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCATTTTTTGACCCAGCTGGAGGTGGAGATCCTATTCTTTACCAACATCTATTTTGATTTTTTGGTCACCCC------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CC
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Eurema brigitta

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 20
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List Assessment

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Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2011

Assessor/s
Larsen, T.

Reviewer/s
Lewis, O. & Bohm, M

Contributor/s
Parker, E. & Senior, M.

Justification
Eurema brigitta is clearly a species of Least Concern. It is one of the most common butterflies throughout Africa and much of the Oriental Region. It is missing only from extreme desert and undisturbed rainforest.
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Population

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Population
This is one of the fifteen most common butterflies in most of Africa and Asia.

Population Trend
Stable
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Threats

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Major Threats
There are no threats to this extremely widespread and habitat generalist species.
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Management

Conservation Actions

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Conservation Actions
No species-specific conservation actions are in place or required for this species.
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Wikipedia

Eurema brigitta

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Small grass yellow both forms

Small Grass Yellow or Broad-bordered Grass Yellow (Eurema brigitta) is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India and other parts of Asia. It is also present in Australia and Africa.

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on the wing year-round.[1]

The larvae feed on Hypericum aethiopicum and Chamaecrista mimosoides.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac & Punetha, J.C. (1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
  • Kunte, Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

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