Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)

Abundance varies by year for this species in NC. It's probably mostly a migrant but it's breeding status in NC is uncertain. Can be found from spring nearly till winter, but it's most commonly seen after mid-summer. Uncommon to common in the coastal plain and sandhills, generally becoming less common as you go North & West. Long treated as a member of the genus Eurema, recent taxnomic revision suggests placing this species into the genus Pyrisitia.
Little Yellow (Eurema lisa) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Dare Co., NC
1 June 2007
Little Yellow (Eurema lisa) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa), mated pair
Chatham Co., NC
20 Oct 2005
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
27 Sep 2020
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008		 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Sandhills Game Lands, Richmond Co., NC
4 Aug 2016
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Sandhills Game Lands, Scotland Co., NC
4 Aug 2016
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
17 Aug 2018

Nectaring on Chinese Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)

Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC
11 Aug 2019		 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC
13 Sep 2020
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC
7 Sep 2019
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Salvo Rec Area, Dare Co., NC
19 Oct 2019
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC
27 Sep 2020
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC
24 Oct 2020		 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC
24 Oct 2020
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC
1 Aug 2020
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC
25 Sep 2012		 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Carteret Co., NC
26 Aug 2012
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Little Yellow (Eurema lisa)
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Chatham Co., NC
26 Sep 2004		 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Chatham Co., NC
20 Oct 2005
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Durham Co., NC
30 Oct 2003		 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Hoke Co., NC
12 Sep 2004
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Bluestem Conservation Cemetery, Orange Co., NC
3 Sep 2024
Little Yellow (Eurema lisa) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Chatham Co., NC
20 Oct 2005

Photographed at 1/1000 sec
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Duke Forest Durham Division, Orange Co., NC
7 Sep 2019
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN
30 July 2015
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN
28 July 2015		 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Big Cypress NWR, Collier Co., FL
4 Feb 2016
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Big Cypress NWR, Collier Co., FL
4 Feb 2016
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX
19 Oct 04

Note two black dots near the base of the hindwing

Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
National Butterfly Center, Hidalgo Co., TX
1 May 2018		 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
National Butterfly Center, Hidalgo Co., TX
1 May 2018
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
National Butterfly Center, Hidalgo Co., TX
1 May 2018
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico
14 Dec 2023

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