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Pyrisitia nise, the mimosa yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Argentina north to the Texas Gulf Coast and throughout central and southern Florida, northward to the Tennessee Valley. It is an occasional stray to central Texas and south-eastern Arizona and rarely to southern California, southern Colorado and Kansas. The habitat consists of brushy woodland edges.[2]
The wingspan is 29–51 mm (1.1–2.0 in). Both sexes are yellow. The upperside of the forewing has narrow black outer edges. Black margins of the hindwing are uncommon in males, but always absent in females. Adults are on wing from May to August in southern Florida, September to November in southern Texas and all year round in the tropics. Adults feed on flower nectar.[2]
The larvae feed on Mimosa pudica.[2]
The following subspecies are recognized:[1]
Pyrisitia nise, the mimosa yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Argentina north to the Texas Gulf Coast and throughout central and southern Florida, northward to the Tennessee Valley. It is an occasional stray to central Texas and south-eastern Arizona and rarely to southern California, southern Colorado and Kansas. The habitat consists of brushy woodland edges.
The wingspan is 29–51 mm (1.1–2.0 in). Both sexes are yellow. The upperside of the forewing has narrow black outer edges. Black margins of the hindwing are uncommon in males, but always absent in females. Adults are on wing from May to August in southern Florida, September to November in southern Texas and all year round in the tropics. Adults feed on flower nectar.
The larvae feed on Mimosa pudica.
Pyrisitia nise is een vlindersoort uit de familie van de Pieridae (witjes), onderfamilie Coliadinae.
Pyrisitia nise werd in 1775 beschreven door Cramer.[1]
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Pyrisitia nise é uma borboleta da família Pieridae. É encontrada desde a Argentina até à costa do Texas e em todo o centro e sul da Flórida, até ao norte no Vale do Tennessee. O habitat natural consiste em locais com arbustos em margens de florestas.[2]
As larvas alimentam-se de Mimosa pudica.
As seguintes subespécies são reconhecidas:
Pyrisitia nise é uma borboleta da família Pieridae. É encontrada desde a Argentina até à costa do Texas e em todo o centro e sul da Flórida, até ao norte no Vale do Tennessee. O habitat natural consiste em locais com arbustos em margens de florestas.
As larvas alimentam-se de Mimosa pudica.
