Eurema albula, the Ghost Yellow, is a butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 in the Pieridae

Pieridae

The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...

 family. It is found from southern Texas

Texas

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 (where it is a rare stray) south through the West Indies and mainland tropical Central

Central America

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 and South America

South America

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 to Brazil

Brazil

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. The habitat consists of tropical forests and second growth.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 30 millimetre. Adults are pure white above with a black tip to forewing. Adults are on wing year round in the tropics. They feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on Cassia

Cassia

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species (including Cassia fruticosa).

Subspecies

• Eurema albula albula (Surinam, Brazil: Amazonas, Pará)
• Eurema albula sinoe (Godart, 1819) (Brazil)
• Eurema albula marginella (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela)
• Eurema albula celata (R. Felder, 1869) (Mexico)
• Eurema albula espinosae (Fernández, 1928) (Peru)
• Eurema albula totora Lamas, 1981 (Peru)