Eurema simulatrix
| Changeable Grass Yellow | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Eurema |
| Species: | E. simulatrix |
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| Eurema simulatrix (Semper, 1891)[1] | |
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The Changeable Grass Yellow (Eurema simulatrix) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Burma to Sundaland and the Philippines.[2] The habitat consists of secondary or disturbed habitats including forest clearings, roadsides and riverbanks, parks and gardens.[3]
The length of the forewings is 21–26 mm (0.83–1.02 in) for males and 19–25 mm (0.75–0.98 in) for females.[4] Adults have two cell spots on the underside of the forewings and a large, almost cleft, reddish brown apical spot on the forewing.[5]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Eurema simulatrix simulatrix (Philippines: Mindanao)
- Eurema simulatrix princessae Morishita, 1973 (Palawan)
- Eurema simulatrix tecmessa (de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]) (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, southern Thailand, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo) – de Nicéville's Grass Yellow
- Eurema simulatrix sarinoides (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Sikkim to Burma, northern Thailand, Laos) – Scarce Changeable Grass Yellow
- Eurema simulatrix littorea Morishita, 1968 (Langkawi)
- Eurema simulatrix inouei Shirôzu & Yata, 1973 (Thailand, Indo-China)
- Eurema simulatrix tiomanica Okubo, 1983 (Tioman)
Eurema irena is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Eurema simulatrix.
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