Eurema daira

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eurema daira
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. daira
Binomial name
Eurema daira
(Godart, [1819])[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris daira Godart, [1819]
  • Papilio delia Cramer, [1780]
  • Eurema demoditas Hübner, [1819]
  • Xanthidia jucunda Boisduval & Leconte, 1829
  • Terias lemnia C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Terias jucunda
  • Eurema jucunda
  • Terias palmira Poey, [1852]
  • Terias ebriola Poey, [1853]
  • Terias albina Poey, [1853]
  • Terias cubana Herrich-Schäffer, 1865
  • Eurema palmira
  • Terias solana Reakirt, 1866
  • Terias persistens Butler & Druce, 1872
  • Terias sidonia R. Felder, 1869
  • Terias lydia C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Terias rhodia C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Terias medutina C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Terias phoenicia C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Terias lydia

The Fairy Yellow, Barred Yellow or Barred Sulphur (Eurema daira) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found from Argentina north to the southern United States. Strays can be found up to southern Arizona, South Dakota, southern Texas and even Washington D. C.

The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing year round in the southern part of the range and in late summer and fall as vagrant.

The larvae feed on Fabaceae species, including Stylosanthes biflora and Aeschynomene species. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers including joint vetches and shepherd's needle, and are the principal pollinators of Cnidoscolus urens.

Subspecies

  • Eurema daira daira (Virginia, New York, Virginia, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida)
  • Eurema daira palmira (Poey, [1852]) (West Indies, Cuba, Bahamas)
  • Eurema daira eugenia (Wallengren, 1860) (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala)
  • Eurema daira sidonia (R. Felder, 1869) (Mexico)
  • Eurema daira lydia (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela, Colombia)
  • Eurema daira macheti Brévignon, 1996 (French Guiana)

References

  1. ↑ Eurema, Site of Markku Savela

External links

Wikispecies has information related to: Eurema daira
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eurema daira.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.