Eurema andersonii
Encyclopedia
One-spot Grass Yellow (Eurema andersonii) is a small butterfly
of the Family Pieridae
, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India and other parts of Asia.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of the Family Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India and other parts of Asia.
Sub-species
alphabetically listed;- E. andersonii anamba (Corbet & Pendlebury)
- E. andersonii evansi (Corbet & Pendlebury)
- E. andersonii godama (FruhstorferHans FruhstorferHans Fruhstorfer was a German explorer, insect trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described many new species of exotic butterflies, especially in Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World...
) - E. andersonii jordani (Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932) Jordan's Grass Yellow
- E. andersonii konoyi (Murishita)
- E. andersonii ormistoni (Watkins, 1925)
- E. andersonii sadanobui (Shirǒzu + Yata, 1982)
- E. andersonii udana (Fruhstorfer)
See also
- PieridaePieridaeThe Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)