Eurema alitha
Appearance
(Redirected from Scalloped Grass-yellow)
Scalloped grass yellow | |
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E. a. zita, from Sungai Pontolo, North Gorontalo, Sulawesi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Eurema |
Species: | E. alitha
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Binomial name | |
Eurema alitha | |
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Eurema alitha, the scalloped grass yellow, is a butterfly species in the genus Eurema. It was first described as Terias alitha[1] by father and son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1862.[2] It is found in Southeast Asia.
Subspecies
[edit]- E. a. alitha (Mindanao)
- E. a. basilana (Basilan)
- E. a. djampeana (Tanah Jampea)
- E. a. esakii (Taiwan)
- E. a. garama (Sulu Islands)
- E. a. gradiens (northern Borneo)
- E. a. jalendra (Palawan)
- E. a. novaguineensis (Papua, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
- E. a. samarana (Samar)
- E. a. sanama (Sulu Islands)
- E. a. sangira (Sangi)
- E. a. zita (Sulawesi)
- E. a. lorquini (Sulawesi)
References
[edit]- ^ C. & R. Felder (1862). "Lepidoptera nova". Wiener entomologische monatschrift. 6: 282–294.
- ^ "Eurema". Funet.fi. Retrieved 2011-11-25.