Eurema leuce

Hall's sulphur
Female, dorsal view
Female, ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. leuce
Binomial name
Eurema leuce (Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
Terias leuce Boisduval, 1836 Pyrisitia leuce Papilio sanguinea Larrañaga, 1923 Terias riograndensis d'Almeida, 1934 Terias circumcincta Bates, 1861 Terias athalia C. & R. Felder, [1865] Terias diodina Butler, 1875 Terias pseudoleuce d'Almeida, 1934 Eurema hahneli Staudinger, 1884 Eurema sanjuanensis Watson, 1938

Eurema leuce, the Hall's sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the West Indies and in Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Male

The length of the forewings is 17–21 mm for males and females. Adults have been recorded feeding on Bidens pilosa, Tournefortia hirsutissima, and Croton barahonensis.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

• E. l. leuce (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay)
• E. l. circumcincta (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Pará)
• E. l. athalia (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
• E. l. flavilla (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Amazonas), Peru)
• E. l. memulus (Butler, 1871) (Haiti)
• E. l. antillarum (Hall, 1936) (St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico)