Large Grass Yellow
These butterflies breed quickly, build up large numbers and are migratory. The butterfly uses some of the waste product of the chrysalis to form their yellow colouring. The female is usually paler in colour with broader black margins.
- Scientific Name
- Eurema hecabe
- Feeds On
- Willgar (Breynia oblongifolia)
- Usual Location
- Northern Australia
- Best Viewing
- Throughout the year
- Wing Span
- 4cm
- Caterpillar
- The caterpillar is green with a white band along each side edged with yellow and is covered in short hairs.
- Chrysalis
- The pupa has a pointed head and a ventral keel. The pupa is green and is held by cremaster and girdle to a stem of the host plant.