Biology:Eurema ada

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Eurema ada
Talbot's Grass Yellow (39539955545).jpg
Scientific classification edit
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]

  • E. a. choui Gu, 1994
  • E. a. indosinica Yata, 1991
  • E. a. iona Talbot, 1939
  • E. a. prabha Fruhstorfer
  • E. a. toba (de Nicéville), [1896])
  • E. a. varga Fruhstorfer
  • E. a. yaksha Fruhstorfer

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1367132 entry