Eurema nilgiriensis

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Nilgiri grass yellow
Nilgiri Grass Yellow Eurema Nilgiriensis from Kakkayam Kerala India IMG 7538.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species:
E. nilgiriensis
Binomial name
Eurema nilgiriensis
Yata, 1990 [1]

Eurema nilgiriensis, [1] [2] the Nilgiri grass yellow, [3] [4] is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in south India. [3]

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Eurema nilgiriensis from Kozhikode, Kerala Nilgiri grassyellow.jpg
Eurema nilgiriensis from Kozhikode, Kerala

It is closely related to Eurema andersoni , Eurema ormistoni , Eurema celebensis and Eurema beatrix . This species is known only from south India. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Yata, Osamu (1990). "A new Eurema species from South India (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)". Esakia. Special Issue 1: 161–165. doi:10.5109/2539. hdl: 2324/2539 .
  2. ↑ Yata, Osamu (1991). "A Revision of the Old World Species of the Genus Eurema Hubner (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)" (PDF). Bull. Kitakyushu Mas. Nat. Hisl. 10 (7): 39–41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  3. 1 2 R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 69. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN   978-81-929826-4-9.
  4. ↑ "Eurema nilgiriensis Yata, 1990 – Nilgiri Grass Yellow". Butterflies of India. 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
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