Eurema

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Eurema
Tridax procum 100228-0132 ipb.jpg
Eurema blanda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Coliadinae
Tribe: Euremini
Genus: Eurema
Hübner, [1819]
Type species
Eurema daira
Cramer, 1780
Species

c.70, see text

Synonyms
  • AbaeisHübner, [1819]
  • TeriasSwainson, [1821]
  • XanthidiaBoisduval & Le Conte, [1829]
  • LucidiaLacordaire, 1833
  • HeuremaAgassiz, [1847]
  • PyrisitiaButler, 1870
  • SphaenogonaButler, 1870
  • MaivaGrose-Smith & Kirby, 1893
  • KibreetaMoore, [1906]
  • NirmulaMoore, [1906]
  • TeriocoliasRöber, [1909]
E. xantochlora xantochlora - tropical yellow, Colombia Tropical yellow (Eurema xantochlora xantochlora) female underside Choco.jpg
E. xantochlora xantochlora - tropical yellow, Colombia
E. elathea elathea - false barred sulphur, Grand Cayman False barred sulphur (Eurema elathea elathea) female.JPG
E. elathea elathea - false barred sulphur, Grand Cayman
E. brigitta - small grass yellow Small Grass Yellow (Eurema brigitta) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0313.jpg
E. brigitta - small grass yellow
E. hecabe - common grass yellow Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe) mating in Narshapur, AP W IMG 0776.jpg
E. hecabe - common grass yellow
E. venusta - grass yellow, Brazil Grass yellow (Eurema venusta).JPG
E. venusta - grass yellow, Brazil

Eurema is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Contents

Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow ( Eurema daira ).

There are over 70 species in the genus, but more than 300 synonymous names have been applied to them. Some species, such as the common African grass yellow ( E. hecabe ) have over 80 synonyms. The genus itself has over 15 junior generic synonyms. This is the price of being a widespread taxon, as well as a zoogeographical problem.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups: [1]

Species group:

Species group abaeis:

Species group pyrisitia:

Species group teriocolias:

Unknown species group

References

  1. Eurema, page on Markku Savela's butterfly website