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title: "Common Grass Yellow"
description: "Eurema hecabe — Insetos e aranhas. Eurema hecabe, the common grass yellow, is a small pierid butterfly species found in Asia, Africa and Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-grass-yellow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Grass Yellow

> Eurema hecabe — Insetos e aranhas. Eurema hecabe, the common grass yellow, is a small pierid butterfly species found in Asia, Africa and Australia.

- Scientific name: *Eurema hecabe*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 27176
- Wikidata: [Q1768465](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1768465)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51614](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51614)

## Names

- en: Common Grass Yellow
- es: Mariposa amarilla Agave
- fr: Coliade Hécabé

## Countries with the most observations

IN (8494), AU (4185), HK (1909), SG (1485), TW (369), MY (253), ZA (238), PH (218), ID (213), TH (203), LK (170), KH (168)

## Summary

Eurema hecabe, the common grass yellow, is a small pierid butterfly species found in Asia, Africa and Australia. They are found flying close to the ground and are found in open grass and scrub habitats. It is simply known as "the grass yellow" in parts of its range; the general term otherwise refers to the entire genus Eurema.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurema_hecabe

## Photo

![Common Grass Yellow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-grass-yellow/medium.jpg)

Photo: SUBHASHGHULE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240106933

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-grass-yellow?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).