Eurema hecabe
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Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Pieridae - Coliadinae- Eurema - hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758)
wingspan - 35-45mm, wing colour - yellow w/brown markings, eye colour - yellow, proboscis colour - black, antennae colour - black, abdomen colour - yellow, leg colour - yellow, flight - fast
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Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines
all year, depending on location
evergreen and deciduous forest, grassland, scrub, agricultural land, urban areas, and hillsides; up to 3500m a.s.l. (in Nepal)
¦¦ egg 2-3 days ¦¦ instar 1 2-3 days ¦¦ instar 2 1-2 days ¦¦ instar 3 2-3 days ¦¦ instar 4 1-2 days ¦¦
¦¦ instar 5 3-4 days ¦¦ pupa 4-5 days ¦¦ Total egg-adult 14-21 days. All times approximate.
multivoltine
Abrus precatorius, Acacia baileyana, Acacia catechu, Acacia concinna, Acacia eburnea, Acacia falcata, Acacia farnesiana, Acacia leucophloea, Acacia maidenii, Acacia mangium, Acacia mearnsii, Acacia mollissima, Acacia
pennata, Acacia rubida, Acacia sinuata, Acacia spectabilis, Aeschynomene americana, Aeschynomene aspera, Aeschynomene hirsuta, Aeschynomene indica, Albizia chinensis, Albizia julibrissin, Albizia lebbeck, Albizia lebbekoides, Albizia odoratissima, Albizia procera, Albizia saman, Arachis hypogaea, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia decapetala, Caesalpinia globulorum, Caesalpinia hymenocarpa, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Caesalpinia sappan, Caesalpinia sepiaria, Calliandra haematocephala, Calliandra calothyrsus, Cassia alata, Cassia bakeriana, Cassia coronilloides, Cassia fistula, Cassia roxburghii, Cassia surattensis, Cassia tora, Chamaecrista absus, Chamaecrista kleinii, Chamaecrista mimosoides, Delonix regia, Dichrostachys cinerea, Entada abyssinica, Entada gigas, Falcataria moluccana, Gleditsia fera, Gleditsia japonica, Hultholia mimosoides, Indigofera pseudotinctoria, Kummerowia striata, Lespedeza bicolor, Lespedeza buergeri, Lespedeza cuneata, Lespedeza cyrtobotrya, Lespedeza juncea, Lespedeza thunbergii, Lespedeza virgata, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala, Mimosa diplotricha, Mimosa pudica, Moullava spicata, Ormocarpum cochinchinense, Ormocarpum orientale, Ormosia sumatrana, Pterocarpus indicus, Peltophorum pterocarpum, Pithecellobium dulce, Robinia pseudoacacia, Senna alata, Senna obtusifolia, Senna siamea, Senna surattensis, Senna tora, Sesbania bispinosa, Sesbania cannabina, Sesbania grandiflora, Sesbania javanica, Sesbania sesban, Sesbania speciosa, Smithia conferta, Smithia sensitiva, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Vachellia nilotica (Fabaceae), Cratoxylum cochinchinense, Cratoxylum formosum, Cratoxylum ligustrinum, Hypericum aethiopicum (Hypericaceae), Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae), Breynia cernua, Breynia disticha, Breynia fruticosa, Breynia nivosa, Breynia oblongifolia, Breynia officinalis, Breynia stipitata, Breynia vitis-idaea, Bridelia ovata, Bridelia tomentosa, Phyllanthus emblica, Phyllanthus reticulatus, Phyllanthus tenellus (Euphorbiaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Berchemia lineata, Rhamnus davurica, Rhamnus formosana, Rhamnus japonica, Rhamnus parvifolia, Sageretia thea (Rhamnaceae), Cocos nucifera (Arecaceae), Osmunda japonica (Osmundaceae), Santalum album (Santalaceae), Solidago canadensis (Asteraceae), Tectona grandis (Verbenaceae)
Actual host plant used depends upon location and availabilty of plant species.
Nectar: Ixora coccinea, Oldenlandia corymbosa, Spermacoce hispida (Rubiaceae), Duranta erecta, Duranta repens, Lantana camara, Stachytarpheta cayennesis, Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Stachytarpheta sanguine (Verbenaceae), Acmella calva, Ageratina adenophora, Ageratum conyzoides, Bidens pilosa, Chromolaena odorata, Cosmos bipinnatus, Elephantopus scaber, Eupatorium odoratum, Galinsoga parviflora, Helichrysum bracteatum, Spilanthes paniculata, Synedrella nodiflora, Tridax procumbens (Asteraceae), Ziziphus mauritiana, Ziziphus oenoplia (Rhamnaceae), Celosia argenta, Gomphrena pulchela (Amaranthaceae), Bauhinia corymbosa, Cassia fistula, Cytisus scoparius, Mimosa pudica, Tephrosia purpurea, Trifolium repens (Fabaceae), Tribulus terrestris (Zygophyllaceae), Bauhinia purpurea (Caesalpiniaceae), Leea indica, Leea rubra, Tetrastigma lanceolarium (Vitaceae), Oplismenus undulatifolius (Poaceae), Oxalis latifolia (Oxalidaceae), Sida acuta, Sida cordifolia, Sida rhombidea (Malvaceae), Clerodendrum infortunatum, Plectranthus barbatus, Salvia leucantha, Vitex negundo (Lamiaceae), Asystasia gangetica, Justicia japonica (Acanthaceae), Solanum nigrum (Solanaceae), Ophiopogon intermedius (Asparagaceae), Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae), Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae), Carissa carandas, Rauwlfia serpentina (Apocynaceae), Antigonon leptopus (Polygonaceae), Pedalium murex (Pedaliaceae), Ludwigia perennis (Onagraceae), Fragaria nubicola (Rosaceae), Coelogyne corymbosa, Dendrobium primulinum (Orchidaceae), Rhododendron falconeri (Ericaceae)
Other: animal dung, mud puddling, ripe fruit of Rhododendron (Melastoma)
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| A larval host plant Acacia concinna |
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| Chromolaena odorata a nectar source |
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