Eurema ada

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Eurema ada
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species:
E. ada
Binomial name
Eurema ada
(Distant & Pryor), 1887
Synonyms
  • Terias ada

Eurema ada, the Talbot's Grass Yellow, is a species of butterfly in the genus Eurema . It was discovered in northern Borneo and described in 1871. Its main distinctive features are that its ground color is pale sulfurous, not white, and the border margins on its wings are blacker and wider. Wingspan is 35 mm. [1]

Known subspecies

Listed alphabetically: [2]

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References

  1. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (1840)
  2. Savela, Markku. "Eurema ada (Distant & Pryer, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 28, 2018.