Salome Yellow (Eurema salome [C. Felder])
Wing span: 1 7/8 - 2 1/4 inches (4.7 - 5.7 cm).
Identification: Wings yellow, upper surface of forewings with black margins projecting into yellow ground. Male has black border on hindwings, female is lacking border. Both sexes with tail-like hindwing projections.
Life history: None reported.
Flight: August-September in South Texas, all year in tropics.
Caterpillar hosts: Diphysa in the pea family (Fabaceae).
Adult food: Nectar from a wide variety of flowers.
Habitat: Forest openings and edges; roadcuts.
Range: Peru northward through tropical America; extremely rare migrant to lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
