Eurema sari
Encyclopedia
Eurema sari, the Chocolate Grass Yellow, is a butterfly
in the Pieridae
family. It is found in south-east Asia
.
The wingspan
is 36 millimetre. Adults have a distinct brown apex on the underside of the forewing.
The larvae feed on Leguminosae species.
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 found in south-east Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 36 millimetre. Adults have a distinct brown apex on the underside of the forewing.
The larvae feed on Leguminosae species.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:- Eurema sari sari (Java)
- Eurema sari sodalis (Moore, 1886) (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, northern Borneo)
- Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Enggano)
- Eurema sari obucola (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (southern Borneo, Natuna, Palawan)
- Eurema sari curiosa Swinhoe, 1884 (India)