Small Grass-yellow Eurema smilax
Wingspan: 30-33 mm
Sighted at Claire Cottage: All months of the year
Similar Species; Large Grass-yellow, No-brand Grass-yellow, Macleay's Grass-yellow
Distribution: Across all Australian States except Tasmania
Status Claire Cottage: common
Status Dorrigo Plateau: common
Wingspan: 30-33 mm
Sighted at Claire Cottage: All months of the year
Similar Species; Large Grass-yellow, No-brand Grass-yellow, Macleay's Grass-yellow
Distribution: Across all Australian States except Tasmania
Status Claire Cottage: common
Status Dorrigo Plateau: common
The Small Grass-yellow is a tiny butterfly as illustrated here by its comparison to the clover flower it is feeding on. The damaged hindwing clearly shows the upper surface of the other hindwing lacks any black edging as occurs on the slightly larger Large Grass-yellow, Claire Cottage Dorrigo NSW, 13 Oct 2007
Small Grass-yellow Eurema smilax
Wingspan: 30-33 mm
Sighted at Claire Cottage: All months of the year
Similar Species; Large Grass-yellow, No-brand Grass-yellow, Macleay's Grass-yellow
Distribution: Across all Australian States except Tasmania
Status Claire Cottage: common
Status Dorrigo Plateau: common
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Thought to be September to May
Thought to be breeding at Claire Cottage: unsure
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval food plants:
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Items of Interest:
We observed a female Small Grass-yellow laying eggs on our then potted Senna acclinis in early November 2016.
We sighted a 'very small' Small Grass-yellow here at Claire Cottage in late August 2021.
Last autumn sighting - Dorrigo Plateau: 03/05/18, 01/07/20, 12/05/21
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 27/11/2016
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 21/02/2016
Wingspan: 30-33 mm
Sighted at Claire Cottage: All months of the year
Similar Species; Large Grass-yellow, No-brand Grass-yellow, Macleay's Grass-yellow
Distribution: Across all Australian States except Tasmania
Status Claire Cottage: common
Status Dorrigo Plateau: common
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Thought to be September to May
Thought to be breeding at Claire Cottage: unsure
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: JAN 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022, FEB 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, MAR 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024, APR 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023, MAY 2006, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021, JUN 2001, 2011, JUL 2020, AUG 2004, 2013, 2017, 2021, SEP 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023, OCT 2000, 2001,2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, NOV 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016, DEC 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023,
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Often seen on Plateau.
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to date
Larval food plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: CAESALPINIACEAE - Senna acclinis,
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: (as for Claire Cottage)
- ELSEWHERE: (as for Dorrigo Plateau plus) CAESALPINIACEAE - Senna artemisioidea, S. coronilloides, S, gaudichaudii, S, odorata, S. petiolaris, S. surattensis, *S. alata, *S. auriculata, *Cassia fistula, Neptunia gracilis, N. monosperma.
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Items of Interest:
We observed a female Small Grass-yellow laying eggs on our then potted Senna acclinis in early November 2016.
We sighted a 'very small' Small Grass-yellow here at Claire Cottage in late August 2021.
Last autumn sighting - Dorrigo Plateau: 03/05/18, 01/07/20, 12/05/21
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 27/11/2016
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 21/02/2016