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Eurema ada

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Eurema ada

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eurema

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Eurema lacteola, Eurema nicevillei, Eurema sari, Eurema simulatrix

Eurema ada is a species of butterfly in the genus Eurema. It was discovered in northern Borneo and described in 1871. Its main distinctive features are that its ground color is pale sulfurous, not white, and the border margins on its wings are blacker and wider. Wingspan is 35 mm.

Known subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

  • E. a. choui Gu, 1994
  • E. a. indosinica Yata, 1991
  • E. a. iona Talbot, 1939
  • E. a. prabha Fruhstorfer
  • E. a. toba (de NicĂ©ville), [1896])
  • E. a. varga Fruhstorfer
  • E. a. yaksha Fruhstorfer
  • References

    Eurema ada Wikipedia