Published December 31, 2025 | Version v1

Eurema brigitta

  • 1. DASARI Research Institute of BioResources, Daejeon 35203, Republic of Korea
  • 2. Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha 661, Tanzania

Description

Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780]) (Fig. 35)

Material examined. (1♂, 1♀), TANZANIA, ARUSHA: 1♀, TAWIRI Forest, 23.XII.2023, (W. Sengo, A. Pauly), (S3°24 ʹ 41.0 ʺ, E36°42 ʹ 15.0 ʺ Alt: 1,300 m), deposited in TAWIRI; 1♂, Monduli, 28.VIII.2024, (S.W. Jung, Y.H. Kim, J.H. Ko, S.B. Son), (S03°18 ʹ 19.0 ʺ, E36°28 ʹ 09.8 ʺ Alt: 1,586 m).

Distribution. Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritius, Comoro Islands, Reunion, Cape Verde Islands, the Oriental Region, Japan.

Remarks. The species is also found in savannas, grasslands, forest clearings, and roadsides, and in Tanzania, it inhabits altitudes ranging from 0 to 2,400 m above sea level. It is a very common species with weak flight ability, typically flying close to the ground. Preferring humid environments, it often gathers in large groups at mud pools, wet sand, and animal feces to absorb water (Kielland, 1990; Williams, 2022).

Notes

Published as part of Ko, Jae-Ho, Jung, Sang Woo, Kim, Yoon-Ho, Son, Sang bong, Keyyu, Julius D. & Kilimba and Ulziijargal Bayarsaikhan, Neema E., 2025, A preliminary study of the butterfly diversity in Arusha region, northern Tanzania: Part 1, pp. 404-433 in Journal of Species Research 14 (4) on page 413, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20316650

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Stoll
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pieridae
Genus
Eurema
Species
brigitta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eurema brigitta (Stoll, 1780) sec. Ko, Jung, Kim, Son, Keyyu & Ulziijargal, 2025

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