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    Eurema nise,  Jamaican Sulphur

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    Eurema nise,  Jamaican Sulphur

    Freshly emerged male (left) and female (right)

    Eurema nise,  Jamaican Sulphur

    Description: 12-16 mm. This is a small sulphur that closely resembles the Little Sulphur. E. lisa has a black dot on the ventral forewing cell. E. nise aslo lacks the black hindwing boarder. Underside is mostly yellow.

     

    Habitat and Distribution: Only tropical hardwood hammocks on Key Largo and Plantation Key. Also present on the Florida mainland.

     

    Host Plant: Leguminous trees 

     

    Natural History: I have only seen three of this species in the wild, all from Key Largo. They fly in the hardwood hammock trails and boarders. They have been reported in April, June, July and September) in the Keys.This species is very rarely encountered and local.

     

    Eurema nise,  Jamaican Sulphur larva

    Final instar larva

    Eurema nise,  Jamaican Sulphur pupa

    Chrysalis

    Eurema nise,  Jamaican Sulphur pupa

    Chrysalis ready to emerge

    Eurema nise,  Jamaican Sulphur

    Freshly emerged male (left)

    and female (right)

    Eurema nise,  Jamaican Sulphur egg

    Freshly emerged  female 

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