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Mexican yellow ♀
Eurema mexicana, (Boisduval, 1836)
32.891, -97.2871
Field Notes
Description:
It is a medium sized Sulpher butterfly in the family Pieridae. The butterfly is not native to Texas it is an immigrant species from Mexico and extreme south Texas. This specimen is a female that has a wingspan of 40 mm. This butterflies nickname is the Wolf faced sulpher because of the forewing markings resembling a wolfs face. This butterfly can be seen in this area from April-November. This sulpher also has a point like tail at the tip of both hindwings.
Habitat:
Semi-urban, Fort Worth, Texas. This one was seen flying around a field with some wildflowers about to rest at 6:00 pm. This butterfly likes open desert type fields because the original habitat is semi-tropical Mexican terrain.
Notes:
This butterfly species only feeds on Fern Acacia, (Acacia angustissima) in this area, that is a type of tree native to Mexico and the southern North America with a small population in the Western Ghats in Karnataka India. Similar species in the Mexican yellow's range include Boisduval's yellow (Eurema boisduvaliana) and the Salome yellow (Eurema salome).
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