''Eurema leuce'', the Hall's sulphur, is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family (biology), family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from Afrotropical realm, tropical Africa and Indomalayan realm, tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern ...

. It is found on the

West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...

and in

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

, and

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

. 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''.The butterflies of Hispaniola
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Subspecies

The following

subspecies In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (Morphology (biology), morpholog ...

are recognised: *''E. l. leuce'' (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay) *''E. l. circumcincta'' (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Pará) *''E. l. athalia'' (C. & R. Felder, 865 (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) Pyrisitia leuce m.jpg, Male. ventral view Pyrisitia_leuce_f_dorsal.jpg, Female, dorsal view Pyrisitia_leuce_f_ventral.jpg, Female, ventral view

References

leuce Pieridae of South America Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago Lepidoptera of Brazil Lepidoptera of Colombia Lepidoptera of Venezuela Fauna of the Amazon Butterflies described in 1836 Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Lepidoptera of Peru {{Pieridae-stub