Salome Yellow (Eurema salome)

Salome Yellow, a reference photo — Photo: Charlie Jackson · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Eurema salome, the Salome yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Peru northward through tropical America. It is an extremely rare migrant to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The habitat consists of forest openings and edges and roadcuts.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Salome Yellow being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Eurema arbela
Eurema boisduvaliana
Eurema mexicana

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: Eurema salome

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