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''Eurema dina'', the Dina Yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Panama north to southern Florida. The species is regularly recorded from southern Texas and south-eastern Arizona. The habitat consists of forest edges, brushy fields and open forest.〔(Butterflies and Moths of North America )〕 The wingspan is . Males are orange-yellow with a very narrow black border on the outer and costal margins of the forewing. Females are yellow with black at the forewing tip. On the underside of both sexes, three black spots are found on the hindwing. The wet-season (summer) form is paler. Adults are on wing year round in southern Florida. Strays can be found in southern Texas in November and southern Arizona in October. Adults feed on flower nectar of ''Lantana'', ''Asclepias'' and small-flowered Asteraceae species in South America.〔 The larvae feed on ''Alvaradoa amorphoides'' in Florida and ''Picramnia'' species in Central America.〔 ==Subspecies== The following subspecies are recognised:〔 *''Eurema dina dina'' (Cuba) *''Eurema dina westwoodi'' (Boisduval, 1836) (Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama) *''Eurema dina parvumbra'' (Kaye, 1925) (Jamaica) *''Eurema dina helios'' Bates, 1934 (Bahamas) *''Eurema dina bayobanex'' Bates, 1939 (Haiti) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eurema dina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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