Eurema ada
| Eurema ada | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Eurema |
| Species: | E. ada |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurema ada (Distant & Pryor), 1887 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eurema ada, originally described as Terias ada, is a species of butterfly in the genus Eurema. It was discovered in northern Borneo and described in 1871. Its main distinctive features are that its ground-color is pale sulphurous, not white, and the border margins on its wings are blacker and wider. Wing-span is 35 mm.[1]
Known subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[2]
- Eurema ada choui Gu, 1994
- Eurema ada indosinica Yata, 1991
- Eurema ada iona Talbot, 1939
- Eurema ada prabha Fruhstorfer
- Eurema ada toba (de Nicéville), [1896])
- Eurema ada varga Fruhstorfer
- Eurema ada yaksha Fruhstorfer
References
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