Plain sulphur | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Dercas |
Species: | D. lycorias |
Binomial name | |
Dercas lycorias Doubleday 1842 | |
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Eurema laeta, the spotless grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, which is found in India, Sri Lanka, China, Indochina, Japan, and onwards to Australia.
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