''Eurema sari'', the chocolate grass yellow, is a
butterfly
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in the family
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...
. It is found in
Southeast Asia
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.
The
wingspan
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is . Adults have a distinct brown apex on the underside of the forewing.
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The larvae feed on species.][
File:Eurema sari sodalis dorsal.jpg, Dorsal view
File:Eurema sari sodalis ventral.jpg, Ventral view
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Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[
*''Eurema sari curiosa'' (Swinhoe, ]885
Year 885 (Roman numerals, DCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Summer – Emperor Charles the Fat summons a meeting of officials at ...
– (India)
*''Eurema sari obucola'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) – (southern Borneo, Natuna, Palawan)
*''Eurema sari sari'' – (Java)
*''Eurema sari sodalis'' (Moore, 1886) – (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, northern Borneo)
*''Eurema sari thyreus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) – (Enggano)
References
sari
A sari (sometimes also saree or shari)The name of the garment in various regional languages include:
* as, শাৰী, xārī, translit-std=ISO
* bn, শাড়ি, śāṛi, translit-std=ISO
* gu, સાડી, sāḍī, translit-std= ...
Butterflies described in 1829
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies of Borneo
Butterflies of Indochina
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