Dina yellow
P. d. westwoodi, Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species:
E. dina
Binomial name
Eurema dina
(Poey, 1832)[1]
Synonyms
  • Terias dina Poey, 1832
  • Pyrisitia dina
  • Terias citrina Poey, [1852]
  • Terias westwoodi Boisduval, 1836
  • Terias calceolaria Butler & H. Druce, 1872

Eurema dina, the dina yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Felipe Poey in 1832. It is found from Panama north to southern Florida. The species is regularly recorded from southern Texas and south-eastern Arizona. The habitat consists of forest edges, brushy fields and open forest.[2]

The wingspan is 32–57 mm (1.3–2.2 in). Males are orange yellow with a very narrow black border on the outer and costal margins of the forewing. Females are yellow with black at the forewing tip. On the underside of both sexes, three black spots are found on the hindwing. The wet-season (summer) form is paler. Adults are on wing year round in southern Florida. Strays can be found in southern Texas in November and southern Arizona in October. Adults feed on flower nectar of Lantana, Asclepias and small-flowered Asteraceae species in South America.[2]

The larvae feed on Alvaradoa amorphoides in Florida and Picramnia species in Central America.[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized:[1]

  • E. d. dina (Cuba)
  • E. d. westwoodi (Boisduval, 1836) (Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama)
  • E. d. parvumbra (Kaye, 1925) (Jamaica)
  • E. d. helios Bates, 1934 (Bahamas)
  • E. d. bayobanex Bates, 1939 (Haiti)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Eurema dina.
  1. 1 2 Savela, Markku (February 24, 2019). "Eurema dina (Poey, 1832)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Dina Yellow Pyrisitia dina (Poey, 1832)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved January 8, 2020.


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