Eurema salome

Salome yellow
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. salome
Binomial name
Eurema salome (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Synonyms
Terias salome C. & R. Felder, 1861 Terias arbela ab. lurida d'Almeida, 1928 Terias salome saba Bryk, 1953 Terias salome limoneus C. & R. Felder, 1861 Terias limonia Ménétriés, 1857 (nom. nud.) Terias gaugamela C. & R. Felder, [1865] Eurema damarina Staudinger, 1889 Terias mexicana henricii Apolinar, 1926 Terias jamapa Reakirt, 1866 Eurema xystra

Eurema salome, the Salome yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Peru northward through tropical America. It is an extremely rare migrant to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The habitat consists of forest openings and edges and roadcuts.

The wingspan is 47–57 mm (1.9–2.2 in). The wings are yellow, the upper surface of the forewings with black margins projecting into the yellow ground color. Males have a black border on the hindwings, while females are lacking this border. Both sexes have tail-like hindwing projections. Adults are on wing from August to September in southern Texas and all year round in the tropics. Adults feed on flower nectar of a wide variety of flowers.

The larvae feed on Diphysa species.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized:

• E. s. salome (Peru)
• E. s. limoneus (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela)
• E. s. gaugamela (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Colombia, Venezuela)
• E. s. jamapa (Reakirt, 1866) (Mexico)
• E. s. xystra (d'Almeida, 1936) (Ecuador)