Eurema sari

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Chocolate Grass Yellow
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. sari
Binomial name
Eurema sari
(Horsfield, [1829])[1]
Synonyms
  • Terias sari Horsfield, [1829]
  • Terias sodalis Moore, 1886

The Chocolate Grass Yellow (Eurema sari) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in south-east Asia.[2]

The wingspan is 36–42 mm (1.4–1.7 in). Adults have a distinct brown apex on the underside of the forewing.[2]

The larvae feed on Leguminosae species.[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • Eurema sari sari (Java)
  • Eurema sari sodalis (Moore, 1886) (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, northern Borneo)
  • Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Enggano)
  • Eurema sari obucola (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (southern Borneo, Natuna, Palawan)
  • Eurema sari curiosa Swinhoe, 1884 (India)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Butterfly Circle


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