Eurema simulatrix
Appearance
Changeable grass yellow | |
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Dorsal view (specimen) | |
E. s. tecmessa, Thailand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Eurema |
Species: | E. simulatrix
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Binomial name | |
Eurema simulatrix | |
Synonyms | |
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Eurema simulatrix, the changeable grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Burma to Sundaland, Cambodia 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
[edit]The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- E. s. simulatrix (Philippines: Mindanao)
- E. s. princessae Morishita, 1973 (Palawan)
- E. s. tecmessa (de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]) (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, southern Thailand, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo) – de Nicéville's grass yellow
- E. s. sarinoides (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Sikkim to Burma, northern Thailand, Laos) – scarce changeable grass yellow
- E. s. littorea Morishita, 1968 (Langkawi)
- E. s. inouei Shirôzu & Yata, 1973 (Thailand, Cambodia, Indo-China)
- E. s. tiomanica Okubo, 1983 (Tioman)
Eurema irena is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Eurema simulatrix.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Eurema simulatrix.
- ^ a b Eurema, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna
- ^ Butterflies of Thailand, Malaysia & Borneo
- ^ "A Taxonomic Study of the Genus Eurema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in Thailand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ "Butterfly Circle". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-10-14.