Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780]) - Small Grass Yellow

Subspecies in India

(1) Eurema brigitta rubella (Wallace, 1867) – Red-line Small Grass Yellow

Conservation and Special status

This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh331
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh211
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi22
Goa11
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand1
Karnataka12852141076201014
Kerala11161176
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh314
Maharashtra8163129102686
Manipur1
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu112
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1112
West Bengal111
Total219125417162535533926

Chamaecrista spp., Chamaecrista kleinii, Chamaecrista mimosoides, Chamaecrista pumila, Smithia sensitiva (Fabaceae).

Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(4): 11495–11550.

For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780]) – Small Grass Yellow. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/eurema-brigitta, accessed 2024/12/06.