Eurema simulatrix
Species of butterfly
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Eurema simulatrix, the changeable grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Burma to Sundaland, Cambodia and the Philippines.[2] The habitat consists of secondary or disturbed habitats including forest clearings, roadsides and riverbanks, parks and gardens.[3]
| Changeable grass yellow | |
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| Dorsal view (specimen) | |
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| E. s. tecmessa, Thailand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Eurema |
| Species: | E. simulatrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurema simulatrix | |
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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.[4] Adults have two cell spots on the underside of the forewings and a large, almost cleft, reddish-brown apical spot on the forewing.[5]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- 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, Cambodia, Indo-China)
- E. s. tiomanica Okubo, 1983 (Tioman)
Eurema irena is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Eurema simulatrix.
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