The Banded Grass Yellow, Eurema nicevillei (Butler)

Of all the species of the genus Eurema, this is one the least commonly encountered species. Occasionally, a lone or two specimen may be seen puddling en masse with the other members of the same genus. They can be easily distinguished once they take to the wings as this is the only species with a black distal border of the forewing that is continued along the dorsum to the base.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
						x	x	x

Frequency observation chart: (S [S1 & S2 unless indicated] marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
	SH	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S

S

S

H

S

S

S1

S1

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S1		S2	S2	S1	S1S2	S1S2

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S3S20	S1S2S3	S1S3

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

From this year's observation (2013), they seem to be commonest in the month of December, right after a period of heavy downpour followed by a break in the weather.

14:02

Observe the black border along the dorsum of the forewings. 17 December 2013 @ 14:40.

The black border visible against the light. 18 December 2013 @ 13:40.

19 December 2013 @ 14:23

23 December 2013 @ 13:06

13:09

24 May 2014 @ 11:23

05 June 2014 @ 11:54

28 Sept 2014 @ 13:07

 12:16

12:18
Above photos 06 Dec 2014

12:10

12:13
Above photos 02 Feb 2015

01 April 2021 @ 10:42