Biology:Eurema daira

Short description: Species of butterfly

Eurema daira
E. d. palmira, Cuba
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. daira
Binomial name
Eurema daira (Godart, [1819])
Synonyms
Pieris daira Godart, [1819] Papilio delia Cramer, [1780] Eurema demoditas Hübner, [1819] Xanthidia jucunda Boisduval & Leconte, 1829 Terias lemnia C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 Terias jucunda Eurema jucunda Terias palmira Poey, [1852] Terias ebriola Poey, [1853] Terias albina Poey, [1853] Terias cubana Herrich-Schäffer, 1865 Eurema palmira Terias solana Reakirt, 1866 Terias persistens Butler & H. Druce, 1872 Terias sidonia R. Felder, 1869 Terias lydia C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861 Terias rhodia C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861 Terias medutina C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861 Terias phoenicia C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 Terias lydia

Eurema daira, the fairy yellow, barred yellow or barred sulphur, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1819. It is found from Argentina north to the southern United States. Strays can be found up to southern Arizona, South Dakota, southern Texas and even Washington, D.C.

The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing year round in the southern part of the range and in late summer and fall as vagrant.

The larvae feed on Fabaceae species, including Stylosanthes biflora and Aeschynomene species. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers including joint vetches and shepherd's needle, and are the principal pollinators of Cnidoscolus urens.

Subspecies

• E. d. daira (Virginia, New York, Virginia, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida)
• E. d. palmira (Poey, [1852]) (West Indies, Cuba, Bahamas)
• E. d. eugenia (Wallengren, 1860) (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala)
• E. d. sidonia (R. Felder, 1869) (Mexico)
• E. d. lydia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela, Colombia)
• E. d. macheti Brévignon, 1996 (French Guiana)

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  Male

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  Female

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  E. d. daira, Florida

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  E. d. eugenia, Honduras

External links

• Lotts, Kelly; Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Barred Yellow Eurema daira (Godart, 1819)". https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Eurema-daira. Retrieved January 8, 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1219381 entry