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Eurema sari

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Chocolate grass yellow
Eurema sari sodalis, ventral view, Vietnam
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Eurema sari, the chocolate grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Southeast 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

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The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • Eurema sari curiosa (Swinhoe, [1885]) – (India)
  • Eurema sari obucola (Fruhstorfer, 1910) – (southern Borneo, Natuna, Palawan)
  • 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)

References

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  1. ^ a b Eurema sari, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ a b c "Butterfly Circle". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-10-14.