Eurema irena
Encyclopedia
Eurema irena is a butterfly
in the Pieridae
family. It is endemic to Sulawesi
.
, but formally raised to full species status by Yata in 1994).
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...
in the 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...
family. It is endemic to Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
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Taxonomy
Eurema irena was treated as a subspecies of Eurema simulatrixEurema simulatrix
Eurema simulatrix, the Changeable Grass Yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Burma to Sundaland and the Philippines. The habitat consists of secondary or disturbed habitats including forest clearings, roadsides and riverbanks, parks and gardens.The length of the forewings...
, but formally raised to full species status by Yata in 1994).