Biology:Eurema alitha

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Short description: Species of butterfly


Scalloped grass yellow
Eurema alitha zita.jpg
E. a. zita, from Sungai Pontolo, North Gorontalo, Sulawesi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species:
E. alitha
Binomial name
Eurema alitha
(C. & R. Felder, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Terias invida Butler, 1883
  • Eurema zita

Eurema alitha, the scalloped grass yellow, is a butterfly species in the genus Eurema. It was first described as Terias alitha[1] by father and son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1862.[2] It is found in Southeast Asia.

Subspecies

  • E. a. alitha (Mindanao)
  • E. a. basilana (Basilan)
  • E. a. djampeana (Tanah Jampea)
  • E. a. esakii (Taiwan)
  • E. a. garama (Sulu Islands)
  • E. a. gradiens (northern Borneo)
  • E. a. jalendra (Palawan)
  • E. a. novaguineensis (Papua, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
  • E. a. samarana (Samar)
  • E. a. sanama (Sulu Islands)
  • E. a. sangira (Sangi)
  • E. a. zita (Sulawesi)
  • E. a. lorquini (Sulawesi)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1367053 entry