''Eurema daira'', the fairy yellow, barred yellow or barred sulphur, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

of the family

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. The species was first described by

Jean-Baptiste Godart Jean-Baptiste Godart (25 November 1775 – 27 July 1825) was a French entomologist. Born at Origny, Godart became impassioned by butterflies in his youth. He was charged by Pierre André Latreille (1762-1833) with writing the article on thes ...

in 1819. It is found from

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north to the southern United States. Strays can be found up to southern

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, southern

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and even

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The

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is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing year round in the southern part of the range and in late summer and fall as vagrant. The larvae feed on Fabaceae species, including '' Stylosanthes biflora'' and ''

Aeschynomene ''Aeschynomene'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. They are known commonly as jointvetches. These legumes are most common in wa ...

'' species. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers including joint vetches and shepherd's needle, and are the principal pollinators of ''

Cnidoscolus urens ''Cnidoscolus urens'' is a perennial, tropical American stinging herb of the family Euphorbiaceae, and is one of some 100 species belonging to the genus ''Cnidoscolus'' (Gk. knidē-nettle, skōlos-thorn, Latin urens-burning). The plant is locally ...

''.

Subspecies

*''E. d. daira'' (Virginia, New York, Virginia, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida) *''E. d. palmira'' (Poey, 852 (West Indies, Cuba, Bahamas) *''E. d. eugenia'' (Wallengren, 1860) (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala) *''E. d. sidonia'' (R. Felder, 1869) (Mexico) *''E. d. lydia'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela, Colombia) *''E. d. macheti'' Brévignon, 1996 (French Guiana) Eurema_daira_m.jpg, Male Eurema_daira_f.jpg, Female Eurema daira (Barred Yellow).jpg, ''E. d. daira'',

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References

External links

* daira Butterflies of North America Butterflies of Central America Butterflies of the Caribbean Pieridae of South America Butterflies described in 1819 Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Godart {{Pieridae-stub