Indian Spotless Grass Yellow

Eurema laeta laeta (Boisduval, 1836) — പൊട്ടില്ലാ മഞ്ഞപ്പാപ്പാത്തി

Malayalam Name: പൊട്ടില്ലാ മഞ്ഞപ്പാപ്പാത്തി
Family:Pieridae
Sub Family:Coliadinae
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moth)

DISTRIBUTION: IndiaSri LankaChinaIndochinaJapan, and onwards to Australia.
STATUS: Common
HABITAT :
HABIT: Show Wet and Dry Form
IDENTIFICATION FEATURES:  Underside paler yellow, unmarked, except that a very faint indication of marginal dots and a small upper discocellular streak on both wings, and a dot above the cell and discal transverse streaks on hind-wing.
LARVAL HOST PLANT: Cassia fistula , Chamaecrista pumila (Fabaceae).
MORE IMAGES    
Upper side
Spotless grass yellow
Photo: Anila Manalil
Wet Form                            Photo:Pradeep Krishnan,

Spotless Grass Yellow
Photo: Bernad M Thampan

Wet Form





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