One-spot grass yellow | |
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Museum specimens from Malaya | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Eurema |
Species: | E. andersonii
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Binomial name | |
Eurema andersonii (
Moore, 1886)
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Eurema andersonii, the one-spot grass yellow [1] or Anderson's grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India, Myanmar and other parts of Asia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Wet form: Male. Upper-side. Fore-wing with the outer marginal band moderately broad, the medial portion inclined slightly inward, and the lower portion very slightly inclined obliquely-outward. Hind-wing with a moderately broad outer band. Underside with slightly defined ordinary markings. Fore-wing with two cell-marks, basal obsolescent. Female not seen.
Dry form (fig. 2a, b). Male. Upper-side similar to the wet form. Underside with the ordinary markings distinct. Fore-wing with a medial cell mark, and a more or less well-defined sub-apical patch.
Female. Upper-side paler. Fore-wing with slightly broader outer band. Hind-wing with a moderately broad outer band. Underside similar to the male.
Subspecies are: [2]
The larvae have been recorded on Ventilago goughii. [7]
One-spot grass yellow | |
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Museum specimens from Malaya | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Eurema |
Species: | E. andersonii
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Binomial name | |
Eurema andersonii (
Moore, 1886)
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Synonyms | |
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Eurema andersonii, the one-spot grass yellow [1] or Anderson's grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India, Myanmar and other parts of Asia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Wet form: Male. Upper-side. Fore-wing with the outer marginal band moderately broad, the medial portion inclined slightly inward, and the lower portion very slightly inclined obliquely-outward. Hind-wing with a moderately broad outer band. Underside with slightly defined ordinary markings. Fore-wing with two cell-marks, basal obsolescent. Female not seen.
Dry form (fig. 2a, b). Male. Upper-side similar to the wet form. Underside with the ordinary markings distinct. Fore-wing with a medial cell mark, and a more or less well-defined sub-apical patch.
Female. Upper-side paler. Fore-wing with slightly broader outer band. Hind-wing with a moderately broad outer band. Underside similar to the male.
Subspecies are: [2]
The larvae have been recorded on Ventilago goughii. [7]