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Eurema regularis

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Eurema regularis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species:
E. regularis
Binomial name
Eurema regularis
(Butler, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Terias regularis Butler, 1876
  • Eurema (Eurema) regularis
  • Terias oberthuri Mabille, 1877
  • Terias regularis f. plagiata Berger, 1981

Eurema regularis, the even-bordered grass yellow or regular grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya to Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of woodland and forest margins.

Adults are on wing year round.

References

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  1. ^ Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subfamily Coliadinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-01.