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Eurema simulatrix

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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 is 21–26 mm (0.83–1.02 in) for males and 19–25 mm (0.75–0.98 in) for females. Adults have two cell spots on the underside of the forewings and a large, almost cleft, reddish-brown apical spot on the forewing.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • E. s. simulatrix (Philippines: Mindanao)
  • E. s. princessae Morishita, 1973 (Palawan)
  • E. s. tecmessa (de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]) (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, southern Thailand, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo) – de Nicéville's grass yellow
  • E. s. sarinoides (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Sikkim to Burma, northern Thailand, Laos) – scarce changeable grass yellow
  • E. s. littorea Morishita, 1968 (Langkawi)
  • E. s. inouei Shirôzu & Yata, 1973 (Thailand, Indo-China)
  • E. s. tiomanica Okubo, 1983 (Tioman)
  • Eurema irena is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Eurema simulatrix.

    References

    Eurema simulatrix Wikipedia


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