Bug FAQBroad-bordered Grass Yellow
Eurema brigitta · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Pieridae
Also called: Broadbordered Grass Yellow, No Brand Grass Yellow, Small Grass Yellow
The broad-bordered grass yellow has a wingspan of about 30 to 35 mm. Adults can be seen flying throughout the whole year.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
In the wet season, males have a paler yellow upper side with a black outer marginal band on the fore-wing and a narrower, macular black band on the hind-wing; the wing edges show rosy-red cilia.
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Size
The wingspan ranges from 30 to 35 mm.
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What it eats
Caterpillars feed on Hypericum aethiopicum and Chamaecrista mimosoides.
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Life cycle
Adults are on the wing all year, indicating continuous breeding.
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When you see it
Adults can be seen flying throughout the year.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Georgia, California.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
When can I see broad-bordered grass yellows?
Adults are active and can be seen flying all year round.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Pieridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurema_brigitta
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.