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Museum specimens from Malaya
Close wing position of Eurema andersonii Moore, 1886 – One-spot Grass YellowWLB DSC 0056 (2).jpg
Scientific classification
Genus:
Eurema
Species:
andersonii
Synonyms
  • Terias andersonii Moore, 1886
  • Eurema andersoni inouei Shirôzu & Yata, 1981
  • Eurema andersoni borneensis Shirôzu & Yata, 1981

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, Myanmar and other parts of Asia.

Description

Wet form: Male. Upper-side. Fore-wing with the outer marginal band moderately broad, the medial portion inclined slightly inward, and the lower portion very slightly inclined obliquely-outward. Hind-wing with a moderately broad outer band. Underside with slightly defined ordinary markings. Fore-wing with two cell-marks, basal obsolescent. Female not seen.

Dry form (fig. 2a, b). Male. Upper-side similar to the wet form. Underside with the ordinary markings distinct. Fore-wing with a medial cell mark, and a more or less well-defined sub-apical patch.

Female. Upper-side paler. Fore-wing with slightly broader outer band. Hind-wing with a moderately broad outer band. Underside similar to the male.

Subspecies and distribution

Subspecies are:

  • E. a. andersoni (Moore, 1886) Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand and Indo-China
  • E. a. godana (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Taiwan
  • E. a. udana (Fruhstorfer, 1910) West Java
  • E. a. ormistoni (Watkins, 1925) South India
  • E. a. anamba (Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932) Anambas
  • E. a. evansi (Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932) Andaman
  • E. a. jordani (Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932) Sikkim and Bhutan
  • E. a. konoyi (Morishita, 1973) Palawan
  • E. a. nishiyamai (Shirôzu & Yata, 1981) Nias Island
  • E. a. kashiwaii (Shirôzu & Yata, 1981) Sumba Island
  • E. a. sadanobui (Shirôzu & Yata, 1982) Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, southern Vietnam, and southern Yunnan
  • E. a. albida (Shirôzu & Yata, 1982) Borneo (Sarawak)
  • E. a. shimai (Yata & Gaonkar, 1999) southern India

Life cycle

The larvae have been recorded on Ventilago goughii.

See also

  • List of butterflies of India
  • List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)
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