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Salome Yellow (Eurema salome)
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Salome Yellow (Eurema salome [C. Felder])

Wing span: 1 7/8 - 2 1/4 inches (4.7 - 5.7 cm).

Identification: Wings yellow, upper surface of forewings with black margins projecting into yellow ground. Male has black border on hindwings, female is lacking border. Both sexes with tail-like hindwing projections.

Life history: None reported.

Flight: August-September in South Texas, all year in tropics.

Caterpillar hosts: Diphysa in the pea family (Fabaceae).

Adult food: Nectar from a wide variety of flowers.

Habitat: Forest openings and edges; roadcuts.

Range: Peru northward through tropical America; extremely rare migrant to lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

Conservation: Not required for rare vagrant.

Management needs: None reported.

The Nature Conservancy Global Rank: G4 - Apparently secure globally, though it might be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.

References:


DeVries, P. J. 1987. The butterflies of Costa Rica and their  natural 

     history. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New  Jersey. 327 

     pages, 50 color plates.



Opler, P. A. and G. O. Krizek. 1984. Butterflies east of the  Great Plains. 

     Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 294 pages, 54 color plates.



Opler, P. A. and V. Malikul. 1992. A field guide to eastern  butterflies. 

     Peterson field guide #4. Houghton-Mifflin Co.,  Boston. 396 pages, 

     48 color plates.



Scott, J. A. 1986. The butterflies of North America. Stanford  University 

     Press, Stanford, Calif. 583 pages, 64 color plates.

Author: Jane M. Struttmann

Salome Yellow (Eurema salome)
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