Biology:Eurema nilgiriensis

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Short description: Species of butterfly


Nilgiri grass yellow
Nilgiri Grass Yellow Eurema Nilgiriensis from Kakkayam Kerala India IMG 7538.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yata, Osamu (1990). "A new Eurema species from South India (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)". Esakia Special Issue 1: 161–165. 
  2. Yata, Osamu (1991). "A Revision of the Old World Species of the Genus Eurema Hubner (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)". Bull. Kitakyushu Mas. Nat. Hisl. 10 (7): 39–41. http://www.kmnh.jp/wp-content/themes/kmnh_jp/images/pdf/10-1-E-Yata.pdf. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 69. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287980260. 
  4. "Eurema nilgiriensis Yata, 1990 – Nilgiri Grass Yellow". 2018. http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/3139/Eurema-nilgiriensis. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1317385 entry