Eurema smilax

Small grass yellow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species:
E. smilax
Binomial name
Eurema smilax
(Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Papilio smilax Donovan, 1805
  • Terias ingana Wallace, 1867
  • Terias parvula Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Terias varius Miskin, 1889
  • Terias casta T.P. Lucas, 1892
  • Terias smilax

Eurema smilax, the small grass yellow, is a small pierid butterfly species found in Australia, with some additional records from India, Indonesia and Niger.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae mostly feed on plants of the Senna and Neptunia genera.