#3154 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Grass Yellow

🇳🇱 Gewoon grasgeeltje ·Eurema hecabe

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

a. the large grass yellow or common grass yellow , is a small pierid butterfly species found in Asia and Africa. They are found flying close to the ground and are found in open grass and scrub habitats. It is simply known as "the grass yellow" in parts of its range; the general term otherwise refers to the entire genus Eurema .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,343iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
28,343 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).