False barred sulphur (Eurema elathea elathea) female

Small Grass Yellow (Eurema brigitta) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0313

Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe) mating in Narshapur, AP W IMG 0776

''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow

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in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa,

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, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow ('' Eurema daira''). There are over 70 species in the genus, but more than 300 synonymous names have been applied to them. Some species, such as the common African grass yellow ('' E. hecabe'') have over 80 synonyms. The genus itself has over 15 junior generic synonyms. This is the price of being a widespread taxon, as well as a zoogeographical problem.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups: ''Eurema''
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Eurema ada ''Eurema ada'', the Talbot's Grass Yellow, 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 th ...

'' (Distant & Pryer, 1887) * ''

Eurema alitha ''Eurema alitha'', the scalloped grass yellow, is a butterfly species in the genus ''Eurema''. It was first described as ''Terias alitha'' by father and son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia. Subspe ...

'' ( C.& R. Felder, 1862) – scalloped grass yellow * ''

Eurema andersonii ''Eurema andersonii'', the one-spot grass yellow or Anderson's grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India and other parts of Asia. Description Subspecies and distributi ...

'' (Moore, 1886) – one-spot grass yellow * ''

Eurema beatrix ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterfly, butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira' ...

'' ( Toxopeus, 1939) * '' Eurema blanda'' (Boisduval, 1836) – three-spot grass yellow * '' Eurema brigitta'' (Stoll,

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– small grass yellow or no brand grass yellow * '' Eurema candida'' (Stoll, 782 * ''

Eurema celebensis ''Eurema celebensis'' is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Sula Islands Regency, Indonesia, on the islands of Sulawesi and Sula. It was first described by Alfred Russel Wallace Alfred Russel Wallace (8 January 18 ...

'' Wallace, 1867 * '' Eurema desjardinsii'' (Boisduval, 1833) – angled grass yellow * ?'' Eurema ecriva'' (Butler, 1873) * '' Eurema esakii'' Shirôzu, 1953 * '' Eurema floricola'' (Boisduval, 1883) – Malagasy grass yellow * ?'' Eurema halmaherana'' Shirôzu & Yata, 1981 * '' Eurema hapale'' (Mabille, 1882) – pale grass yellow or marsh grass yellow * '' Eurema hecabe'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – common grass yellow * '' Eurema herla'' (Macleay, 1826) – pink grass yellow * ?''

Eurema hiurae ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' Shirozu & Yata, 1977 * ''

Eurema lacteola ''Eurema lacteola'', the scarce grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India, Peninsular Malaya, Java, Sumatra and Borneo. See also *List of butterflies of India *List o ...

'' (Distant, 1886) – scarce grass yellow * ''

Eurema laeta ''Eurema laeta'', the spotless grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae (the yellows and whites), which is found in India, Sri Lanka, China, Indochina, Japan, and onwards to Australia. Description Photo gallery File:Spotles ...

'' (Boisduval, 836 – spotless grass yellow * ''

Eurema lombokiana ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' Fruhstorfer, 1897 * ''

Eurema mandarinula ''Eurema mandarinula'', the mandarin grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia and Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tum ...

'' (Holland, 1892) – mandarin grass yellow * '' Eurema mentawiensis'' Corbet, 1942 * ''

Eurema novapallida ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' Yata, 1992 * ''

Eurema nilgiriensis ''Eurema nilgiriensis'', the Nilgiri grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in south India. It is closely related to '' Eurema andersoni'', ''Eurema ormistoni'', ''Eurema cele ...

'' Yata, 1990 – Nilgiri grass yellow * ''

Eurema puella ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Boisduval, 1832) – broad-margined grass yellow * ''

Eurema regularis ''Eurema regularis'', the even-bordered grass yellow or regular grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the ...

'' (Butler, 1876) – regular grass yellow * ''

Eurema sari ''Eurema sari'', the chocolate grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Southeast Asia. The wingspan is . Adults have a distinct brown apex on the underside of the forewing. The larvae feed on Leguminosae species. Fil ...

'' (Horsfield,

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– chocolate grass yellow * ''

Eurema sarilata ''Eurema sarilata'' is a coliadine butterfly endemic to the Philippines. Subspecies *''E. s. sarilata'' (North Philippines and Central Philippines) *''E. s. mindorana'' (Butler, 1898) (Philippines: Mindoro) *''E. s. perplexa'' Shirôzu & Yata, 1 ...

'' Semper, 1891 * '' Eurema senegalensis'' Boisduval, 836/small> – forest grass yellow * '' Eurema simulatrix'' (Semper, 1891) – changeable grass yellow * ''

Eurema smilax ''Eurema smilax'', the small grass yellow, is a small pierid butterfly species found in Australia, including Lord Howe Island. It is also present on Java. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The upper surfaces of the wings are yellow with a black ...

'' (Donovan, 1805) – small grass yellow * ''

Eurema tilaha ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

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Eurema nicevillei ''Eurema nicevillei'', the Malayan grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.Kirton, Laurence G. (2014). ''A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand.'' Oxford: John Beaufoy Publ. p46. It is ...

'' (Butler, 1898) – Malayan grass yellow * ''

Eurema timorensis ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' Shirôzu & Yata, 1977 * ''

Eurema tominia ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Vollenhoven, 1865) * ''

Eurema upembana ''Eurema upembana'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (upper Lomami) and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), i ...

'' (Berger, 1981) * ''

Eurema zamida ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Species group: * ''

Eurema adamsi ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Lathy, 1898) * ''

Eurema agave ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Cramer,

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* '' Eurema albula'' (Cramer,

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– ghost yellow * ''

Eurema amelia ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Poey, 832 * ''

Eurema arbela ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' Geyer, 832/small> * '' Eurema daira'' (Godart,

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(type species) – barred yellow, fairy yellow, or barred sulphur * ''

Eurema deva ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Doubleday, 1847) * '' Eurema elathea'' (Cramer, 777 * ''

Eurema fabiola ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861) * ''

Eurema lirina ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Bates, 1861) * ''

Eurema lucina ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Poey,

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Eurema mexicana ''Eurema mexicana'', the Mexican yellow, sometimes called the wolf-face sulphur,James A. Scott (1986). ''The Butterflies of North America''. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pierid ...

'' (Boisduval, 836 – Mexican yellow * ''

Eurema nigrocincta ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' Dognin, 1889 * ''

Eurema paulina ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Bates, 1861) * ''

Eurema phiale ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterfly, butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira' ...

'' (Cramer,

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Eurema reticulata ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Butler, 1871) * ''

Eurema salome ''Eurema salome'', the Salome yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Peru northward through tropical America. It is an extremely rare migrant to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The habitat consists of forest opening ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – Salome yellow * ''

Eurema tupuntenem ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' Lichy, 1976 * '' Eurema xantochlora'' (Kollar, 1850) – tropical yellow Species group abaeis: * ''

Eurema nicippe ''Eurema nicippe'', the sleepy orange, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is also found in the West Indies, Costa Rica and Belize. Description The sleepy orange is a bright orange butterfly with the upperside of the wing ...

'' (Cramer, 779 * ''

Eurema nicippiformis ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' Munroe, 1947 Species group pyrisitia: * ''

Eurema chamberlaini ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' Butler, 1897 * ''

Eurema dina ''Eurema dina'', the dina yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Felipe Poey in 1832. It is found from Panama north to southern Florida. The species is regularly recorded from southern Texas and south- ...

'' (Poey, 1832) – bush sulphur or dina yellow * ''

Eurema euterpiformis ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' Munroe, 1947 * '' Eurema leuce'' (Boisduval, 1836) – Hall's sulphur * ''

Eurema lisa ''Eurema lisa'', commonly known as the little yellow, little sulphur or little sulfur, is a butterfly species of subfamily Coliadinae that occurs in Central America and the southern part of North America. Description The wingspan is between 3 ...

'' (Boisduval & Leconte, 1829) – little yellow * ''

Eurema messalina ''Eurema messalina'', the shy yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is native to the West Indies, but a very rare stray may be found in southern Florida. The habitat consists of shady, brushy areas. The wingspan is . Both sexes are c ...

'' (Fabricius, 1787) – shy yellow * ''

Eurema nise ''Pyrisitia nise'', the mimosa yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Argentina north to the Texas Gulf Coast and throughout central and southern Florida, northward to the Tennessee Valley. It is an occasional stray to c ...

'' (Cramer,

– mimosa yellow * ''

Eurema portoricensis ''Eurema portoricensis'', the Puerto Rican yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Puerto Rico. The larvae feed on '' Senna obtusifolia'', ''Senna alata ''Senna alata'' is an important medicinal tree, as well as an or ...

'' (Dewitz, 1877) – Puerto Rican yellow * ''

Eurema proterpia ''Eurema proterpia'', the tailed orange, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pieridae. Description The upperside of the wings is orange with a variable amount of black along the forewing costa.Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (200 ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) – tailed orange or little jaune * ''

Eurema pyro ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Godart, 1819) * '' Eurema venusta'' (Boisduval, 1836) Species group teriocolias: * '' Eurema zelia'' (Lucas, 1852) Unknown species group *''

Eurema doris ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Röber, 1909) *'' Eurema irena'' Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932 *''

Eurema ormistoni ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Watkins, 1925) *'' Eurema raymundoi'' (D'Almeida, 1928) *''

Eurema tondana ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow (''Eurema daira''). There ...

'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1865)

References

External links

Pteron
Images of ''Eurema'', in Japanese but with binomial names.
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 22
{{Taxonbar, from=Q784767 Coliadinae Pieridae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner