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Eurema Hübner, [1819]
Grass Yellows
Eurema Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (6): 96, TS: Papilio delia Cramer
Abaeis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (7): 97, TS: Papilio nicippe Cramer
Terias Swainson, [1821]; Zool. Illustr. (1) 1: pl. 22, TS: Papilio hecabe Linnaeus
Xanthidia Boisduval & Le Conte, [1829]; Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (5/6): 48, TS: Papilio nicippe Cramer
Lucidia Lacordaire, 1833
= ; [NL4A, 105]
Heurema Agassiz, [1847]; Nomencl. zool. (Index univl.): 181 (emend. Eurema Hübner, [1819])
= ; [NL4A, 105]
Pyrisitia Butler, 1870; Cistula ent. 1: 35, 55, TS: Papilio proterpia Fabricius
Sphaenogona Butler, 1870; Cistula ent. 1: 35, 44, TS: Terias bogotana C. & R. Felder
= ; [NL4A, 105]
Maiva Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893; Rhop. exot. (24): Lycaenidae 96, TS: Maiva sulphurea Grose-Smith & Kirby
Kibreeta Moore, [1906]; Lepidoptera Indica, 7 (75): 36, TS: Papilio libythea Fabricius
Nirmula Moore, [1906]; Lepidoptera Indica, 7 (75): 40, TS: Terias venata Moore
Teriocolias Röber, [1909]; in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 5 : 89, TS: Terias atinas Hewitson
Eurema [Wahlberg]
Eurema [Heiner Ziegler]

Pyrisita ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11 (missp.)
Kibretta ; Sharpe, [1908], Zool. Rec. 43: 314 (missp.)
Teriocolias ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 11
Abaeis (Coliadinae) ; [NL4A, 105]
Pyrisitia (Coliadinae) ; [NL4A, 105]
Teriocolias (Coliadinae) ; [NL4A, 107]
Terias ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 154
Eurema ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13; [AfrL]
Eurema (Coliadinae) ; [NL4A, 105]


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The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.



Eurema ada (Distant & Pryer, 1887)
-. See [About maps] Terias ada Distant & Pryer, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (112): 271
Eurema ada ; [BOR, 184]; [MRS, 226]
Swarawk Eurema ada ada ; [BOR, 184]
E. a. iona Talbot, 1939
Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, S.Thailand, Indo-China Eurema ada iona Talbot, 1939; Fauna Brit. Ind., Butts (ed. 2) 1: 537, TL: Selangor, Malaysia
Eurema ada iona [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Eurema ada iona ; [BOR, 184]; [BMP: 99, pl. 10, f. 18-19]
E. a. indosinica Yata, 1991
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Eurema ada indosinica Yata, 1991; Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. 10: 15, pl. 15, f. 1-8, TL: Doi Inthanon, N.Thailand
Eurema ada indosinica [Yutaka Inayoshi]
E. a. prabha Fruhstorfer²
Philippines (Palawan) Eurema ada prabha ; [BOR, 184]
E. a. yaksha Fruhstorfer²
Natuna Is. Eurema ada yaksha ; [BOR, 184]
E. a. toba de Nicéville²
NE.Sumatra Eurema ada toba ; [BOR, 184]
E. a. varga Fruhstorfer²
W.Java Eurema ada varga ; [BOR, 184]
E. a. choui Gu, 1994
Hainan Eurema ada choui Gu, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2: 754, 226, TL: Jianfengling

Eurema alitha (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
-. See [About maps] alitha (C. & R. Felder, 1862); Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9): 289
?Terias invida Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 11 (66): 418
Eurema alitha [Don Herbison-Evans]
?Eurema invida ;
Eurema alitha ; [BOR, 186]
Philippines (Mindanao) Eurema alitha alitha ; [BOR, 186]
E. a. basilana Fruhstorfer²
Philippines (Basilan) Eurema alitha basilana ; [BOR, 186]
Eurema tilaha basilana ;
E. a. samarana Fruhstorfer²
Philippines (Samar) Eurema alitha samarana ; [BOR, 186]
Eurema tilaha samarana ;
E. a. garama Fruhstorfer²
Sulu Is. Eurema alitha garama ; [BOR, 186]
Eurema tilaha garama ;
N.Borneo Eurema alitha gradiens ; [BOR, 186]
Eurema tilaha gradiens ;
E. a. zita C. & R. Felder, 1865²
Sulawesi ?lorquini Felder
Eurema zita
Eurema alitha zita ; [BOR, 186]
Eurema tilaha zita ;
E. a. sangira Fruhstorfer²
Sangi Eurema alitha sangira ; [BOR, 186]
Eurema tilaha sangira ;
E. a. djampeana Fruhstorfer²
Tanahdjampea Eurema alitha djampeana ; [BOR, 186]
E. a. sanama Fruhstorfer²
Sula Is. Eurema alitha sanama ; [BOR, 187]
E. a. jalendra Fruhstorfer²
Palawan hondai Morishita
Eurema alitha jalendra ; [BOR, 187]
E. a. novaguineensis Shirozu & Yata, 1982
Papua ?papuana Shirozu & Yata, 1981; (preocc.)

Eurema andersoni (Moore, 1886)
Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Ceylon, Peninsular India. See [About maps] One-spot Grass Yellow
Terias andersonii Moore, 1886; J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 (1): 47, TL: Mergui, S.Myanmar
Eurema andersoni andersoni [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Eurema andersonii ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 10]
Terias andersoni ; [BIR, 454]
Eurema andersoni ; [BOR, 186]; [MRS, 226]
Eurema (Terias) andersoni ;
Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand, Indo-China Eurema andersoni andersoni ; [BOR, 186]
Eurema andersonii andersonii ; [BMP: 99, pl. 10, f. 7-8]
E. a. jordani Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932²
Sikkim, Bhutan Jordan's Grass Yellow
andersoni jordani Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932²; Bull. Raffles Mus. 7: 180, TL: Sikkim
Terias jordani ; [BIR, 454]
Eurema jordani ; [BOR, 184]
Eurema (Terias) andersoni jordani ; [Torben B. Larsen]
E. a. sadanobui Shirôzu & Yata, 1982
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, S.Vietnam, S.Yunnan Eurema andersoni sadanobui Shirôzu & Yata, 1982; Tyo to Ga 33 (1/2): 25, TL: Tuk Chov, Kampot, Cambodia
Eurema andersoni inouei Shirôzu & Yata, 1981; Tyo to Ga 32 (1/2): 50 (preocc.)
Eurema andersoni sadanobui [Yutaka Inayoshi]
E. a. ormistoni Watkins, 1925²
Ceylon, ?S.India Eurema ormistoni ;
Eurema andersoni ormistoni ; [BOR, 186]
E. a. godama Fruhstorfer
Taiwan Eurema andersoni godama ; [BOR, 186]; [MRS, 226]
E. a. udana Fruhstorfer²
W.Java Eurema andersoni udana ; [BOR, 186]
E. a. evansi Corbet & Pendlebury²
Andamans Eurema andersoni evansi ; [BOR, 186]
E. a. anamba Corbet & Pendlebury²
Anambas Is. Eurema andersoni anamba ; [BOR, 186]
E. a. konoyi Morishita²
Palawan Eurema andersoni konoyi ; [BOR, 186]

Eurema beatrix (Toxopeus, 1939)
Java. See [About maps] Terias beatrix Toxopeus, 1939; Ent. Meded. Ned.-Ind. 5: 57

Eurema blanda (Boisduval, 1836)
Ceylon, Peninsular India - Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Japan. See [About maps] Three-spot Grass Yellow
Terias blanda Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 672, TL: Java
?Terias norbana depicta Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 172, TL: Amboina
Terias blanda ; [BIR, 453]
Eurema blanda ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 11]; [BOR, 184]; [MRS, 225]
Eurema (Terias) blanda ;

Larva on Wagatea spicata [BIR]

Java, Bali, Enggano Eurema blanda blanda ; [BOR, 184]
E. b. snelleni (Moore, [1907])
S.Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo Terias snelleni Moore, [1907]; Lepidoptera Indica, 7 (76): 78
Eurema blanda snelleni ; [BMP: 99, pl. 10, f. 16-17]; [BOR, 184]; [MRS, 225]
E. b. silhetana (Wallace, 1867)
Ceylon, India - Indo-China, S.Yunnan Terias silhetana Wallace, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3): 324, TL: Silhet, NE.India
Eurema blanda silhetana [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Eurema blanda silhetana ; [BOR, 184]
?Andamans, Nicobars ?grisea Evans
Eurema blanda moorei ; [BOR, 184]
E. b. natuna Fruhstorfer²
Natuna Is. Eurema blanda natuna ; [BOR, 184]
E. b. arsakia (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
Japan, Taiwan Eurema blanda arsakia ; [BOR, 184]; [MRS, 225]

Larva on Pithecellobium lucidum, Cassia siamea, C. surattensis, Caesalpinia crista, C. globulorum [MRS]

E. b. hylama Corbet & Pendlebury
Hainan Eurema blanda hylama ; [BOR, 184]; [MRS, 225]
E. b. rileyi Corbet & Pendlebury
S.China Eurema blanda rileyi ; [BOR, 184]; [MRS, 225]
E. b. acandra Fruhstorfer
Hong Kong Eurema blanda acandra ; [BOR, 184]
Eurema blanda acandre ; [MRS, 225]

= Teria acandra Frushtorfer, 1910 or not? Spelling acandra or acandre?

E. b. visellia Fruhstorfer²
Philippines (Luzon) Eurema blanda visellia ; [BOR, 184]
Philippines (Mindanao) Eurema blanda vallivolans ; [BOR, 184]
E. b. mensia Fruhstorfer²
Philippines (Samar, Bohol, Leyte) Eurema blanda mensia ; [BOR, 184]
E. b. norbana Fruhstorfer, 1910²
N.Sulawesi Eurema norbana ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 16]
Eurema blanda norbana ; [BOR, 184]
E. b. odinia Fruhstorfer²
S.Sulawesi, Sula Is. Eurema blanda odinia ; [BOR, 184]
E. b. sanapati Fruhstorfer²
Lesser Sunda Is. Eurema blanda sanapati ; [BOR, 184]
Timor Eurema blanda laratensis ; [BAUR, 163]
E. b. cungata (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
Ambon, Serang Terias blanda cungata Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 169, TL: Amboina
Eurema blanda cungata ; [BAUR, 163]
Moluccas - New Guinea Eurema blanda indecisa ; [BAUR, 163 (text)]
E. b. sahara (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
Papua

Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])
Tropical Africa, AS, AU. See [About maps] Small Grass Yellow
Papilio brigitta Stoll, [1780]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 82, pl. 331, f. B, C, TL: Guinea, W.Africa
Maiva sulphurea Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893; Rhop. exot. (24): Lycaenidae 96, pl. 21, f. 13
brigitta f. zoe Hopffer, 1855; Mber. dt. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1855: 640 [wet-season]
Eurema brigitta [Don Herbison-Evans]
Terias libythea ; [BIR, 450]
Eurema libythea ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 15]
Eurema brigitta ; [BOR, 182]; [MRS, 226]
Eurema (Eurema) brigitta ; [AfrL]

Larva on Hypericum aethiopicum, Cassia mimosoides [PBSA], Cassia mimosoides K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Tropical Africa Eurema brigitta brigitta ; [BAFR, 55]
Eurema (Eurema) brigitta brigitta ; [AfrL]
E. b. pulchella (Boisduval, 1833)
Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoro Is., Aldabra Is. Xanthidia pulchella Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 20, pl. 2, f. 7
Eurema brigitta pulchella ; [BAFR, 55 (text)]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13, pl. 17, f. 5-6
Eurema (Eurema) brigitta pulchella ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
E. b. drona (Horsfield, [1829])
Sumatra, Java - Lombok Terias drona Horsfield, [1829]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): 137, (1): pl. 1, f. 13, TL: Java
Terias libythea drona ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 114
Eurema brigitta drona ; [BOR, 182]
E. b. senna (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
Peninsular Malaya, Singapore Terias senna C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 212
Eurema brigitta senna ; [BMP: 99, pl. 10, f. 20]; [BOR, 182]
E. b. fruhstorferi (Moore, 1906)
E.Indo-China Terias fruhstorferi Moore, 1906; Lep. Ind. 7: 40
Eurema brigitta fruhstorferi ; [BOR, 182]
E. b. ina Eliot, 1956
S.Sulawesi Eurema brigitta ina Eliot, 1956; Bull. Raffles Mus. 27: 38, TL: Sulawesi, Malino
Eurema brigitta ina ; [BOR, 182]
E. b. hainana (Moore, 1878)
Hainan Terias hainana Moore, 1878; Lep. Ind. 7: 47, TL: Hainan
Eurema brigitta hainana [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Eurema brigitta hainana ; [BOR, 182]; [MRS, 226]
E. b. rubella (Wallace, 1867)
Ceylon, India, Burma - S.China, Nicobars Terias rubella Wallace, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4: 323, TL: Calcutta
Papilio libythea Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 427 (preocc. Papilio libythea Fabricius, 1775)
Eurema brigitta rubella ; [BOR, 182]; [MRS, 226]
E. b. formosana Matsumura, 1919
Taiwan Eurema libythea f. formosana Matsumura, 1919; Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3: 510, pl. 34, f. 13, TL: Formosa
?Eurema dorothea Nakahara, 1922; Entomologist 55 : 123, TL: Formosa
Eurema brigitta formosana ; [BOR, 182]; [MRS, 226]
Eurema brigitta yunnana ; [MRS, 226]
E. b. australis (Wallace, 1867)
Australia, New Guinea, Papua Terias australis Wallace, 1867
Eurema brigitta australis ; [BAUR, 162]

Eurema candida (Stoll, [1782])
Moluccas. See [About maps] Papilio candida Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 82, pl. 331, f. A, TL: Amboina
Eurema candida [Don Herbison-Evans]
Terias candida ; [EBW]
Eurema candida ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 12]
Buru, Ambon, Serang Eurema candida candida ; [BAUR, 162 (text)]
E. c. salomonis (Butler, 1898)
Alu, Fauro Is. Terias salomonis Butler, 1898; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 1 (1): ?, TL: Solomon Is.
Eurema candida salomonis ; [BAUR, 162]
E. c. liberia Fruhstorfer²
Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai, Ternate Eurema candida liberia ; [BAUR, 162 (text)]
E. c. dindymene Fruhstorfer²
Obi Eurema candida dindymene ; [BAUR, 162 (text)]
E. c. papuana (Butler, 1898)
Misool Terias papuana Butler, 1898; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 1 (1) : 60, TL: Misol
Eurema candida papuana ; [BAUR, 162]
Eurepa candida papuapa ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13, pl. 17, f. 7
E. c. diotima (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
Vulcan I., New Guinea Terias candida diotima Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 172, TL: German New Guinea and Vulcan
Eurema puella diotima ;
Eurema candida diotina[sic] ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13, pl. 17, f. 8
E. c. octogesa Fruhstorfer²
Waigeu Eurema candida octogesa ; [BAUR, 162 (text)]
E. c. xanthomelaena Godman & Salvin²
New Britain, New Ireland, Duke of York Group digentia Fruhstorfer²
Eurema candida xanthomelaena ; [BAUR, 162]
E. c. woodfordi (Butler, 1898)
Guadalcanal, Malaita, Florida Is., Shortland Group Terias woodfordi Butler, 1898; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 1 (1): ?, TL: Solomon Is.?
Eurema candida woodfordi ; [BAUR, 162 (text)]

Eurema celebensis Wallace, 1867²
-. See [About maps] celebensis Wallace, 1867²; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3): 327
Eurema celebensis ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 20 (text)]; [BOR, 188]
N.Sulawesi Eurema celebensis celebensis ; [BOR, 188]
Sula Is. ?poetelia Fruhstorfer
Eurema celebensis exophthalma ; [BOR, 188]
E. c. toalarum Fruhstorfer²
S.Sulawesi Eurema celebensis toalarum ; [BOR, 188]

Eurema desjardinsi (Boisduval, 1833)
E.Cape - Transkei - Natal, Rhodesia, Madagascar, AF. See [About maps] Angled Grass Yellow
Xanthidia desjardinsi Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 22 [summer]
desjardinsi f. marshalli Butler, 1897; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 851, pl. L, f. 9 [dry-season]
?desjardinisi ; (spell.?)
desjardinsii f. mandarinula ; [PBSA, [dry-season]]
desjardinsii f. regularis ; [PBSA, [wet-season]]
Eurema (Eurema) desjardinsii ; [AfrL]

Larva on Cassia mimosoides, Hypericum aethiopicum? [PBSA]

Madagascar, Comoro Is. Eurema desjardinisi desjardinisi ; [BAFR, 55]
Eurema (Eurema) desjardinsii desjardinsii ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
E. d. marshalli (Butler, 1898)
Kenya Eurema (Eurema) desjardinsii marshalli ; [AfrL]

?Eurema ecriva (Butler, 1873)
Sphaenogona ecriva Butler, 1873; Cistula ent. 1: 175
Sphaenogona ecriva Butler, 1870; Cistula ent. 1: 35? (nom. nud.)

Eurema esakii Shirôzu, 1953
Taiwan Eurema esakii ; [BOR, 183]; [MRS, 226]

Eurema floricola (Boisduval, 1883)
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Comoros, East Africa (coastal), Zaire, Kenya. See [About maps] Malagasy Grass Yellow
?Terias smilacina C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 208
= ?Eurema hecabe ;
Eurema (Terias) floricola ; [AfrL]
Madagascar Eurema floricola floricola ; [BAFR, 55]
Eurema (Terias) floricola floricola ; [MadL]; [AfrL]
E. f. anjuana (Butler, 1879)
Comoro Is. Eurema floricola anjuana ; [BAFR, 55 (text)]
Eurema (Terias) floricola anjuana ; [AfrL]
E. f. ceres (Butler, 1886)
Mauritius, Réunion Is. Eurema floricola ceres ; [BAFR, 55 (text)]
Eurema (Terias) floricola ceres ; [AfrL]
E. f. leonis (Butler, 1886)
Eurema (Terias) floricola leonis ; [AfrL]
E. f. aldabrensis Bernardi, 1969
Aldabra I. Eurema floricola aldabrensis ; [BAFR, 55 (text)]
Eurema (Terias) floricola aldabrensis ; [AfrL]
E. f. nivea Berger, 1981²
Eurema floricola nivea ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13, pl. 17, f. 4
?E. f. orientis Butler, 1888²
?Eurema floricola orientis ; [BK, 122]

Larva on Caesalpinia, Desmanthus, Leucaena, Mimosa [BK]


?Eurema halmaherana Shirôzu & Yata, 1981²

Eurema hapale (Mabille, 1882)
Tropical Africa, Madagascar. See [About maps] Pale Grass Yellow Marsh Grass Yellow
Terias hapale Mabille, 1882
?Terias hapale Mabille, 1887; Hist. Madag. Lepid. 1: [??ref.] 250, pl. 32, f. 6-7 (year?)
Eurema (Terias) hapale ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Larva on Albizia, (in rearing) [BK]


Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758)
AF, AS, AU. See [About maps] Common Grass Yellow
Papilio hecabe Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 470, TL: S.China, Hong Kong
?Papilio hecabe Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 249
Papilio luzoniensis Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 249, TL: Luzon
Papilio rahul[?] Fabricius, 1787; (spell.?)
Papilio rahel[?] Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum, 2: 22 (spell.?), TL: India
Papilio chrysopterus Gmelin, 1790; in Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (edn 13) 1 (5): 2261
Terias suava Boisduval, 1836
Terias sinensis Lucas, 1852; Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (9): 429, TL: China
Terias hecabeoides Ménétriés, 1855; Cat. lep. Petersb. 2: 85, 1: pl. 2, f. 2
Terias aesiope Ménétriés, 1855; Cat. lep. Petersb. 2: 85, 1: pl. 2, f. 3, TL: "Haiti"
Terias anemone C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (1): 23, TL: Ningpo; Hong Kong
Terias nikobariensis C. & R. Felder, 1862
Terias fimbriata Wallace, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3): 323, TL: Mussooree
Terias hebridina Butler, 1875
Terias inanata Butler, 1875
Terias pumilaris Butler, 1875
Terias varieta Butler, 1875
Terias lifuana Butler, 1877
Terias sinapina Butler, 1877
Terias arcuata Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 700, TL: Hainan
Terias attenuata Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 700, TL: Hainan
Terias subdecorata Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 699, TL: Hainan
Terias connexiva Butler, 1880; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 28 (4): 199, pl. 6, f. 12
Terias hybrida Butler, 1880; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 28 (4): 199
Terias mariesii Butler, 1880; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 28 (4): 198, pl. 6, f. 1
Terias unduligera Butler, 1880; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880: 668, TL: Formosa
Terias simulata Moore, 1881
Terias apicalis Moore, 1882; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1) : 253, pl. 12, f. 2, TL: Kangra
Terias excavata Moore, 1882; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1) : 252, TL: Kangra
Terias irregularis Moore, 1882; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1) : 253, pl. 12, f. 3, TL: Kangra
Terias purrea Moore, 1882; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1) : 252, TL: Kangra
Terias multiformis Pryer, 1882
Terias narcissus Butler, 1883
Terias asphodelus Butler, 1884
Terias curiosa Swinhoe, 1884
Terias fraterna Moore, 1886; J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 (1): 46, pl. 4, f. 6, TL: Mergui
Terias kana Moore, 1886
Terias merguiana Moore, 1886; J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 (1): 47, pl. 4, f. 7, TL: Mergui
Terias patruelis Moore, 1886; J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 (1): 46, pl. 4, f. 5, TL: Mergui
Terias anguligera Butler, 1886
Terias simplex Butler, 1886
Terias swinhoei Butler, 1886
Terias orientis Butler, 1888
Terias aesiopeoides Moore, 1906
Terias andamana Moore, 1907
Terias blairiana Moore, 1907
Terias hecabe stankapura Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 167, TL: Bawean, Java, Bali and Lombok
Terias blanda acandra Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 169, TL: Hong Kong
Terias enganica Fruhstorfer, 1910
Terias locana Fruhstorfer, 1910
Terias sintica Fruhstorfer, 1910
Terias yaksha Fruhstorfer, 1910
?Terias taiwana Matsumura, 1919; Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3: 512, TL: ?Japan
Terias paroeana Strand, 1922; Ent. Zeit. 36: 19, TL: Formosa
Terias rotundata Kishida, 1932
Eurema cephrens Corbet, 1941
Eurema telloana Corbet, 1941
Eurema ab. jacouleti Nakahara, 1941; Zephyrus 9: 1-3
Eurema hecabe [Wahlberg]
Eurema hecabe hecabe [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Eurema hecabe [Don Herbison-Evans]

Eurema aesiope ;
Eurema hecabeoides ;
Terias hecabe ; [BIR, 453]; [EBW]
Eurema hecabe ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 14]; [BOR, 183]; [MRS, 225]
Eurema hecabe anemone ; [MRS, 225]
Eurema hecabe subdecorate ; [MRS, 225]
Eurema (Terias) hecabe ; [AfrL]
[hecabe-1vU.jpg] identification uncertain 769x513 (~82Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko [hecabe-2vU.jpg] identification uncertain 769x513 (~76Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko [hecabe-3v.jpg] 598x552 (~53Kb) underside A forest road at a small pond in the forest, Seonheul-ri, Jocheon-eup, Bukjeju-gun, Jeju-do Island, S Korea. 31st of July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
[hecabe-4v.jpg] 844x584 (~56Kb) underside A forest road at a small pond in the forest, Seonheul-ri, Jocheon-eup, Bukjeju-gun, Jeju-do Island, S Korea. 31st of July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [hecabe-5v.jpg] 450x704 (~27Kb) underside The Oda-River bank, Ikazaki Town (Ikazaki-cho), Echime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. 7th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [hecabe-6v.jpg] 749x897 (~73Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
[hecabe-7mfv.jpg] 880x998 (~99Kb) underside male female Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [hecabe-8v.jpg] 1292x1186 (~179Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [hecabe-9v.jpg] 600x400 (~53Kb) underside India: Pune, 21.9.2008 © Kedar Tokekar

Larva on Cassia, Acacia, Caesalpinia, Albizia [BIR], Hypericum aethiopicum, Sesbania, Caesalpinia, Albizia, Cassia [BK], Breynia oblongifolia, B. cernua, B. nivosa, Phyllanthus tenellus, Albizia lebbeck, Leucaena glauca, Sesbania aculeata, Indigofera, Cassia surrattensis [BAUR]

Larva on Brassica spp., Aeschynomene hirsuta, Indigofera sp., Sesbania cannabina, S. javanicus, Cassia coronilloides, C. surattensis, Acacia baileyana, A. maidenii, A. rubida, A. spectabilis, Albizia lebbeck, Leucaena glauca, L. leucocephala, Breynia cernua, B. nivosa, B. oblongifolia, B. stipitata, Phyllanthus tenellus K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)


Eurema hecabe hecabe ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13, pl. 17, f. 2
?E. h. latimargo Hopffer, 1874²
Celebes hecabe latimargo Hopffer, 1874²; Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (1-3) : 25, TL: Celebes
Eurema latimargo ;
E. h. latilimbata (Butler, 1886)
Sumatra, Borneo Terias latilimbata Butler, 1886
?Terias hecabe borneensis Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 167, pl. 73 row e, TL: Borneo
Eurema hecabe latilimbata ; [BOR, 183]
Christmas I. Eurema hecabe amplexa ; [BOR, 183]
E. h. hobsoni (Butler, 1880)
Terias hobsoni Butler, 1880; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880: 668, TL: Formosa
Eurema hecabe hobsoni ; [MRS, 225]

Larva on Acacia mollissima, Albizia julibrissin, Acacia farnesiana, Aeschynomene indica, Arachis hypogaea, Cassia surattensis, Sesbania roxburghii, Breynia officinalis, Rhamnus formosana, Cassia tora, Cratoxylum ligustrinum, Sageretia theezans, Sesbania cohcinchinensis [MRS]

E. h. mandarina (de l'Orza, 1869)
Terias mandarina de l'Orza, 1869; Lep. Jap.: 18, TL: Japan
Eurema hecabe mandarina ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13, pl. 17, f. 3
E. h. solifera (Butler, 1875)
Afrotropical (savannah and woodlands) Eurema hecabe solifera ; [BAFR, 54]
Eurema (Terias) hecabe solifera ; [AfrL]
E. h. albina Huang, 1994
Fujian Eurema hecabe albina Huang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 754, 225, TL: Fujian
Timer - Kai I. Terias photophila Butler, 1884
Eurema hecabe brevicostalis ; [BAUR, 163]
E. h. diversa (Wallace, 1867)
Buru Terias diversa Wallace, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3): 324, TL: Buru
Terias hecabe diversa ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 114
Eurema hecabe diversa ; [BAUR, 163]
E. h. biformis (Butler, 1884)
Ambon, Serang Terias biformis Butler, 1884; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 13 (75) : 196, TL: Amboina
Terias hecabe biformis ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 114
Eurema hecabe biformis ; [BAUR, 163 (text)]
E. h. oeta (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
West Irian - Papua Terias hecabe oeta Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 168, TL: New Guinea
Terias hecabe oeta ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 114
Eurema hecabe oeta ; [BAUR, 163 (text)]
E. h. phoebus (Butler, 1886)
N.Australia Terias phoebus Butler, 1886
Eurema hecabe phoebus ; [BAUR, 163]
Bismarck Archipelago magna Ribbe²
Eurema hecabe kerawara ; [BAUR, 163 (text)]
E. h. nivaria Fruhstorfer²
Solomons Eurema hecabe nivaria ; [BAUR, 163 (text)]
E. h. contubernalis (Moore, 1886)
Terias contubernalis Moore, 1886; J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 (1): 46, TL: Mergui
Eurema hecabe contubernalis ; [BMP: 99, pl. 10, f. 14-15]; [MRS, 225]

Larva on Pithecellobium, Cassia, Moullava, Acacia, Caesalpinia, Albizia, Sesbania [BMP]


Eurema herla (Macleay, 1826)
Australia. See [About maps]
Pieris herla Macleay, 1826
Terias sinta Wallace, 1867
Terias hespera Butler, 1886
Terias immaculata Miskin, 1889
Eurema herla [Don Herbison-Evans]
Eurema herla ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 15 (text)]; [BAUR, 163]

Larva on Cassia mimosoides K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)


?Eurema hiurae
?Eurema hiurai[?] Shirozu & Yata, 1977
?E. h. admiranda Morishita, 1981
Palawan Eurema hiurae admiranda Morishita, 1981; Memoirs of the Tsukada Collection, (3): ?
?Euream hiurae admiranda ; [BOR, 188]

Eurema lacteola (Distant, 1886)
Peninsular Malaya, Java, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Terias lacteola Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana : 466, f. 129
Eurema lacteola ; [BOR, 184]
Eurema lacteola lacteola ; [BMP: 99, pl. 10, f. 6]

Eurema laeta (Boisduval, [1836])
India, Ceylon, Burma, Japan, Australia. See [About maps] Spotless Grass Yellow
Terias laeta Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 674, TL: Bengal
Terias venata Moore, 1857; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1) : 65, pl. 2a, f. 2
Eurema laeta [Don Herbison-Evans]
Eurema venata ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 15 (text)]
Terias laeta ; [BIR, 452]; [EBW]
Eurema laeta ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 13]; [BOR, 182]; [MRS, 225]
Eurema (Eurema) laeta ;
[laeta-1v.jpg] 600x400 (~31Kb) underside India: Melghat, 4.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

Larva on Cassia mimosoides [MRS], Cassia mimosoides K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)


Ceylon, India - W.Hiamalayas Eurema laeta laeta ; [BOR, 182]
E. l. betheseba (Janson, 1878)
Japan
E. l. sikkima (Moore, 1906)
Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Hainan laeta sikkima (Moore, 1906); , TL: Sikkim
Eurema laeta sikkima ; [BOR, 183]; [MRS, 225]
E. l. pseudolaeta (Moore, 1906)
S.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Terias pseudolaeta Moore, 1906; Lep. Ind. 7: 44, pl. 566, f. 1j-m, TL: Mergui, S.Myanmar
Nirmula annamitica Moore, 1906; Lep. Ind. 7: 46, TL: Annam; Siam
Eurema laeta pseudolaeta [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Philippines (Luzon, Benguet Mts.) Eurema laeta semperi ; [BOR, 183]
E. l. punctissima (Matsumura)
Taiwan Eurema laeta punctissima ; [BOR, 183]; [MRS, 225]
?E. l. sana (Butler, 1877)
Northern Territory - Cape York, Torres Strait Is., Papua Terias sana Butler, 1877; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877: 470
Eurema sana ; [BAUR, 163]
E. l. lineata (Miskin, 1889)
Northern Territory - Cape York, Torres Strait Is. Line Grass Yellow
Terias lineata Miskin, 1889
Eurema laeta lineata ; [BAUR, 163]
E. l. rama Moore, 1872²
laeta rama Moore, 1872²; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 566, TL: Ceylon?
Eurema laeta rama ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13, pl. 17, f. 9
E. l. stigmatica (Rothschild, 1915)
Bali Terias laeta stigmatica Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 114, TL: Kintamani, Bali, 4000ft

Eurema lombokiana Fruhstorfer, 1897²
Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores. See [About maps] Eurema lombokiana ; [BOR, 186]

Eurema mandarinula (Holland, 1892)
C.Africa, Kenya. See [About maps] Mandarin Grass Yellow
mandarinula (Holland, 1892); Entomologist 25 (Suppl.) : 91
Terias mandarinulus Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062) : 242, pl. 7, f. 5
Eurema mandarinula ; [BK, 123]
Eurema (Eurema) mandarinula ; [AfrL]

Many references to f. mandarinula exist that do not belong to E. mandarinula. Only recently separated from E. desjardinsi. [BK]


Eurema mentawiensis Corbet, 1942²
Mentawai Is. mentawiensis Corbet, 1942²; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11) 9: 615-626, TL: Sipora Island
Eurema mentawiensis ; [BOR, 186]

Eurema novapallida Yata, 1992
Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, S.Vietnam. See [About maps] Eurema novapallida Yata, 1992; Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. 11: 62, pl. 26, f. 5-8, pl. 27, f. 1-2, TL: Bobla, S.Vietnam
Eurema pallida Shirôzu & Yata, 1973; Sieboldia (4) 3: 132 (preocc.)
Eurema novapallida [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Eurema pallida ; [BOR, 184]

?Eurema nilgiriensis Yata, 1990²

Eurema puella (Boisduval, 1832)
Aru?, Cape York - N.Queensland, New Guinea. See [About maps] Broad Margined Grass Yellow
Xanthidia puella Boisduval, 1832
Terias virgo Wallace, 1867
Eurema puella [Don Herbison-Evans]
Eurema candida virgo ; [BAUR, 162 (text)]
Eurema candida puella ; [BAUR, 162 (text)]

Eurema regularis (Butler, 1876)
East Africa, C.Africa, Ghana. See [About maps] Regular Grass Yellow
regularis (Butler, 1876); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 18: 486
Eurema desjarndinisi regularis ; [BAFR, 55]
Eurema regularis ; [BK, 123]
Eurema (Eurema) regularis ; [AfrL]

Only recently separated from E. desjardinsii. [BK]


Eurema sari (Horsfield, [1829])
-. See [About maps] Terias sari Horsfield, [1829]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): 136
Eurema sari ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 17]; [BOR, 186]
Java Eurema sari sari ; [BOR, 186]
E. s. sodalis (Moore, 1886)
S.Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, N.Borneo Terias sodalis Moore, 1886; J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 (1): 45, TL: Mergui, S.Myanmar
Eurema sari sodalis [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Eurema sari sodalis ; [BMP: 99, pl. 10, f. 10-11]; [BOR, 186]
E. s. thyreus Fruhstorfer²
Enggano Eurema sari thyreus ; [BOR, 186]
E. s. obucola (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
S.Borneo, Natuna, Palawan Terias sari obucola Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 170, TL: S.Borneo
Eurema sari obucola ; [BOR, 186]
?Bombay Eurema sari curiosa ; [BOR, 186]

Eurema sarilata Semper, 1891²
-. See [About maps] sarilata Semper, 1891²; Reisen Philipp. (6): 254
Eurema sarilata ; [BOR, 186]
N.Philippines - C.Philippines Eurema sarilata sarilata ; [BOR, 186]
Philippines (Mindoro) Eurema sarilata mindorana ; [BOR, 186]
E. s. bazilana Shirôzu & Yata²
Philippines (Basilan) Eurema sarilata bazilana ; [BOR, 186]
E. s. luzonensis Shirôzu & Yata²
Philippines (Luzon) Eurema sarilata luzonensis ; [BOR, 186]
E. s. risa Morishita²
Philippines (Negros) Eurema sarilata risa ; [BOR, 186]

Eurema senegalensis Boisduval, [1836]
Senegal - W.Kenya, Tanzania, W.Uganda - Congo, Cameroun, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Forest Grass Yellow
Eurema senegalensis Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 449 [wet-season]
?senegalensis f. bisinuata Butler, 1876; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 18: 485 [dry-season]
senegalensis f. brenda Doubleday & Hewitson, 1847; Gen. Diurn. Lepid.: pl. 9 [wet-season]
?senegalensis f. floricola Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 21 [wet-season]
?senegalensis f. ceres Butler, 1886; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 17 (99) : 218 [dry-season]
Eurema hecabe senegalensis ; [PBSA]
Eurema senegalensis ; [BK]; [BAFR, 55]
Terias brenda ; [EBW]
Eurema (Terias) senegalensis ; [AfrL]

Larva on Hypericum aethiopicum, Cassia mimosoides [PBSA]


Eurema simulatrix (Semper, 1891)
-. See [About maps] Terias simulatrix Semper, 1891; Reisen Philipp. (6): 253, pl. 41, f. 7-8
Eurema simulatrix ; [BOR, 185]
Philippines (Mindanao) Eurema simulatrix simulatrix ; [BOR, 185]
Palawan Eurema simulatrix princessae ; [BOR, 185]
E. s. tecmessa (de Nicéville & Martin, [1896])
S.Burma, Peninsular Malaya, S.Thailand, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo Terias tecmessa de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 64 (3): 498, TL: Sumatra
Eurema simulatrix tecmessa [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Eurema simulatrix tecmessa ; [BMP: 99, pl. 10, f. 12-13]; [BOR, 185]
E. s. sarinoides (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
Sikkim - Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos Terias hecabe grandis f. sarinoides Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 167, TL: Hinlap, Thailand
Eurema simulatrix tecmessa f. stockleyi Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932; Bull. Raffles Mus. 7: 167
Eurema simulatrix sarinoides [Yutaka Inayoshi]
E. s. littorea Morishita, 1968
Langkawi Is. Eurema simulatrix littorea Morishita, 1968; Tyô to Ga 19 (3-4): 66, f. 17-18, 19a, 20a
Eurema simulatrix littorea ; [BOR, 185]
E. s. inouei Shirôzu & Yata, 1973
Thailand, Indo-China Eurema simulatrix inouei Shirôzu & Yata, 1973; Sieboldia (4) 3: 128-129, TL: Dinh Quan, S.Vietnam
Eurema simulatrix inouei ; [BOR, 185]
E. s. tiomanica Okubo, 1983
Eurema simulatrix tiomanica Okubo, 1983; Tyô to Ga 33: 169, f. 1-4, TL: Tioman
?E. s. irena Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932
Celebes simulatrix irena Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932; Bull. Raffles Mus. 7: 168
Eurema irena ;

Eurema smilax (Donovan, 1805)
Australia, Tasmania. See [About maps] Papilio smilax Donovan, 1805; Epitome nat. Hist. Ins. New Holland: 20
Terias ingana Wallace, 1867
Terias parvula Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Terias varius Miskin, 1889
Terias casta Lucas, 1892; Proc. R. Soc. Qd 8 (3) : 68, TL: Duaringa, Queensland
Eurema smilax [Don Herbison-Evans]
Terias smilax ; [EBW]
Eurema smilax ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 18]; [BAUR, 163]
Eurema smilax smilax ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13, pl. 17, f. 10

Larva on Cassia fistula, Cassia nemophila, Neptunia gracilis [BAUR], Cassia coronilloides, C. eremophila, C. fistula, C. nemophila, C. retusa, C. tomentosa, Neptunia gracilis, N. monosperma K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)


Eurema tilaha (Horsfield, [1829])
-. See [About maps] Terias tilaha Horsfield, [1829]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): 136, TL: Java
Terias tilaha ; [EBW]
Eurema tilaha ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 19]; [BOR, 187]
Java Eurema tilaha tilaha ; [BOR, 187]
E. t. myria Fruhstorfer²
Bali Eurema tilaha myria ; [BOR, 187]

Eurema nicevillei (Butler, 1898)
Burma, Malaysia, Langkawi, Pulau Tioman, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Terias nicevillei Butler, 1898; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 1 (1) : 79, TL: NE.Sumatra
Eurema nicevillei nicevillei [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Eurema tilaha nicevillei ; [BOR, 187]; [BMP: 99, pl. 10, f. 9]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, back f. 3

Eurema timorensis Shirôzu & Yata, 1977
Timor. See [About maps] Eurema timorensis Shirôzu & Yata, 1977; Kontyû 45 (3): 340, TL: Timor

Eurema tominia (Vollenhoven, 1865)
-. See [About maps] tominia (Vollenhoven, 1865); Faune ent. 2 (Monogr. Pierid.) : 66
Eurema tominia ; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 20, 21]; [BOR, 188]
NE.Sulawesi Eurema tominia tominia ; [BOR, 188]
E. t. battana Fruhstorfer²
S.Sulawesi Eurema tominia battana ; [BOR, 188]
E. t. toradja Fruhstorfer²
E.Sulawesi Eurema tominia toradja ; [BOR, 188]
E. t. mangolina Fruhstorfer²
Sula Is. ?besina Fruhstorfer
Eurema tominia mangolina ; [BOR, 188]
E. t. halesa Fruhstorfer²
Selajar Eurema tominia halesa ; [BOR, 188]
E. t. faunia Fruhstorfer²
Binongko Eurema tominia faunia ; [BOR, 188]
E. t. arisa Fruhstorfer²
Tanahdjampea Eurema tominia arisa ; [BOR, 188]
E. t. horatia Fruhstorfer²
S.Borneo Eurema tominia horatia ; [BOR, 188]
E. t. nabalua Corbet & Pendlebury²
N.Borneo (mountains) Eurema tominia nabalua ; [BOR, 188]
Talisei I. Eurema tominia talissa ; [BOR, 188]

Eurema upembana (Berger, 1981)
Eurema (Terias) upembana ; [AfrL]

Eurema zamida (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
Lutangan I. Terias zamida Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Zs. 22 (15): 63
Eurema zamida ; [BOR, 188]

= Eurema alitha zita ab.? [BOR]


The "NA" species-group

Eurema adamsi (Lathy, 1898)
Jamaica Sphaenogona adamsi Lathy, 1898; , TL: Jamaica
Eurema adamsi ; [NL4A, #96]

Eurema agave (Cramer, [1775])
-. See [About maps] Papilio agave Cramer, [1775]; , TL: Surinam
Eurema agave ; [NL4A, #97]
Surinam, French Guiana Eurema jodutta Hübner, [1819]; (repl. name), TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #97a]
Terias mana Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 681, TL: Surinam,French Guiana
= ; [NL4A, #97a]
Terias mana ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 167, 3: pl. 64, f. 13-14
Eurema agave agave ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #97a]
E. a. pallida (Chavannes, 1850)
Brazil(São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro) agave pallida (Chavannes, 1850) (Terias); , TL: Brazil, São Paulo
Terias sinoïdes Boisduval, 1874; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #97c]
Eurema (Eurema) agave pallida ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Eurema agave pallida ; [NL4A, #97c]
E. a. millerorum Llorente & Luis, 1987
Mexico agave millerorum Llorente & Luis, 1987; , TL: Mexico, Tabasco
Eurema agave millerorum ; [NL4A, #97b]

Eurema albula (Cramer, [1776])
-. See [About maps] Papilio albula Cramer, [1776]; , TL: Surinam
Eurema albula [BAMONA]
Terias albula ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 166
Eurema (Eurema) albula ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Eurema albula ; [BCR, 107, pl. 10]; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 12]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #98]

Larva on Cassia fruticosa [BCR]

Surinam, Brazil(Amazonas, Pará) Papilio cassiae Sepp, [1844]; (preocc. Linnaeus, 1758), TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #98a]
Terias clara Bates, 1861; , TL: [Brazil, Amazonas]
= ; [NL4A, #98a]
Terias tapeina Bates, 1861; , TL: Brazil, Pará
= ; [NL4A, #98a]
Eurema melacheila Möschler, 1877; , TL: Surinam,"Panama"
= ; [NL4A, #98a]
Eurema albula albula ; [NL4A, #98a]
E. a. sinoe (Godart, 1819)
Brazil Pieris sinoe Godart, 1819; , TL: Brazil
Eurema albula sinoe ; [NL4A, #98e]
E. a. marginella (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Venezuela Terias marginella C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (4): 97, TL: Venezuela
Terias ?marginula Herrich-Schäffer, 1867; (nom. nud.)
= ; [NL4A, #98d]
Eurema albula marginella ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 15; [NL4A, #98d]
E. a. celata (R. Felder, 1869)
Mexico Terias celata R. Felder, 1869; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 19: 466, TL: Mexico, Veracruz
Terias leucilla R. Felder, 1869; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 19: 466, TL: Mexico, Veracruz
= ; [NL4A, #98b]
Eurema albula celata [ILMB]
Eurema albula celata [BOA]
Eurema albula celata ; [NL4A, #98b]
E. a. espinosae (Fernández, 1928)
albula espinosae (Fernández, 1928) (Terias); , TL: Peru, [Loreto], Iquitos
Eurema albula espinosai Lamas, 1999; (emend.)
Eurema albula espinosai ; [EcuL]
Eurema albula espinosae ; [NL4A, #98c]
E. a. totora Lamas, 1981
Peru Eurema albula totora Lamas, 1981; , TL: Peru, Tumbes, El Salto, sea level
Eurema albula totora ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #98f]

Eurema amelia (Poey, [1832])
Cuba. See [About maps] Terias amelia Poey, [1832]; , TL: Cuba
Eurema amelia ; [NL4A, #99]

Eurema arbela Geyer, [1832]
Mexico - Brazil. See [About maps] Eurema arbela Geyer, [1832]; , TL: "Java"
Eurema arbela ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 13]; [NL4A, #100]
Eurema (Sphaenogona) arbela ; [EcuL]
Bolivia Terias arbela boliviensis Röber, 1909; , TL: Bolivia
= ; [NL4A, #100a]
Eurema (Eurema) arbela arbela ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Eurema arbela arbela ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 25; [NL4A, #100a]
E. a. gratiosa (Doubleday, 1847)
Costa Rica - Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia Terias gratiosa Doubleday, 1847; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 78, pl. 9, f. 5, TL: Venezuela
Sphaenogona semiflava Butler, 1875; , TL: Trinidad
= ; [NL4A, #100g]
Teria[sic] gaugamela alba Apolinar, 1926; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #100g]
Eurema gratiosa ; [BCR, 106, pl. 10]; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 20]
Eurema arbela gratiosa ; [NL4A, #100g]

Larva on Cassia [BCR]

E. a. deflorata (Kollar, 1850)
Colombia arbela deflorata (Kollar, 1850) (Terias); , TL: Colombia
Eurema arbela elsia Klots, 1929; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #100d]
Eurema deflorata ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 12 (text only)]
Eurema arbela deflorata ; [NL4A, #100d]
E. a. angulata (Wallengren, 1860)
Ecuador, Peru Terias ecuadora Hewitson, 1869; , TL: Ecuador, Island of Puna
= ; [NL4A, #100b]
Terias trujillensis Dufrane, 1947; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #100b]
Terias trujillensis ab. minor Dufrane, 1947; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #100b]
Eurema ecuadora ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 28
Eurema (Sphaenogona) ecuadora ; [EcuL]
Eurema arbela angulata ; [NL4A, #100b]
E. a. boisduvaliana (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
Mexico - Costa Rica, Antilles Boisduval's Yellow
Terias boisduvaliana C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 200, TL: Mexico
Terias ingrata R. Felder, 1869; , TL: Mexico, Veracruz; Morelos
= ; [NL4A, #100c]
Eurema boisduvaliana [ILMB]
Eurema boisduvaliana [BOA]
Eurema boisduvaliana [BAMONA]
Eurema boisduvalianum [Bruce Walsh]
terias boisduvaliana ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 159, 3: pl. 68, f. 1-4
Pyrisita[sic] boisduvaliana ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11
Eurema arbela boisduvaliana ;
Eurema boisduvalianum ; [NACL, #4245]
Eurema boisduvaliana ; [BCR, 106, pl. 10]; [BOW: pl. 17, f. 25]; [Opler]
Eurema arbela boisduvaliana ; [NL4A, #100c]
E. a. graduata (Butler, 1873)
Brazil(Pará) arbela graduata (Butler, 1873) (Sphaenogona); , TL: Brazil, Pará
Eurema arbela graduata ; [NL4A, #100f]
E. a. gracilis (Avinoff, 1926)
Brazil(Bahia) arbela gracilis (Avinoff, 1926) (Terias); , TL: Brazil, Bahia
Terias graduata var. clarescens d'Almeida, 1934; , TL: ?
= ; [NL4A, #100e]
Eurema arbela gracilis ; [NL4A, #100e]
E. a. ruizana Lamas, 1981
Peru Eurema arbela ruizana Lamas, 1981; , TL: N.Peru, rio Utcubamba, 20km N Pedro Ruiz Gallo 1200m
Eurema arbela ruizana ; [NL4A, #100h]

Eurema daira (Godart, [1819])
-. See [About maps] Fairy Yellow Barred Sulphur
Pieris daira Godart, [1819]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 137 (repl. name), TL: Amerique septentrionale [Virginia]
?pallida Klots, 1928
Eurema daira; [BOW: pl. 17, f. 24, 27]
Eurema daira [BAMONA]
daria ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11 (missp.?)
Eurema daira ; [NACL, #4243]; [BCR, 108, pl. 10]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #101]
Misidentified/misapplied:
elathea; auth., not Cramer, 1777
[daira-1U.jpg] identification uncertain 450x375 (~26Kb) Venezuela, Yacambu park near Barquisimeto, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes
E. elathea?
[daira-2v.jpg] 800x1038 (~105Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 15.8.2004, Photo © Vitaly Charny [daira-3v.jpg] 1400x1050 (~173Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 28.5.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny
[daira-4v.jpg] 1000x1155 (~157Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 30.9.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny [daira-5.jpg] 1400x1023 (~166Kb) USA: Alabama, 30.9.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny [daira-6.jpg] 1400x976 (~206Kb) USA: Alabama, 30.9.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny
[daira-7u.jpg] 368x318 (~59Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 30.9.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny

Larva on Aeschynomene viscidula, Stylosanthes biflora [NAB], Desmodium [BCR]


Virginia, New York, Virginia, Louisiana, NA.Georgia, Florida Papilio delia Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 144, pl. 273, f. A (preocc. Papilio delia Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), TL: Virginia
= ; [NL4A, #101a]
Eurema demoditas Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (6): 96 (repl. for. Papilio delia Cramer, [1780]), TL: Virginia
Xanthidia jucunda Boisduval & Leconte, 1829; Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (5/6): 52 (sum. f.) ?[1830], TL: New York; Virginia; Louisiana
= ; [NL4A, #101a]
Terias lemnia C. & R. Felder, 1865; , TL: "Brazil(Ba)"
= ; [NL4A, #101a]
Eurema jucunda ab. fusca Harris, 1931; , TL: Georgia
= ; [NL4A, #101a]
Eurema demoditas f. delioides Haskin, 1933; , TL: Florida
= ; [NL4A, #101a]
Eurema demoditus Hübner, 1819; [NACL, (missp.?)]
Eurema delia ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11
Terias jucunda ; Godman & Salvin, [1899], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 168, 3: pl. 94, f. 9-12
Eurema jucunda ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 12
Eurema daira daira ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13, pl. 17, f. 11; [NL4A, #101a]
E. d. palmira (Poey, [1852])
West Indies, Cuba, Bahamas Terias palmira Poey, [1852]; , TL: Cuba
Terias ebriola Poey, [1853]; , TL: Cuba
= Eurema jucunda ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 12
= ; [NL4A, #101e]
Terias albina Poey, [1853]; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #101e]
Terias cubana Herrich-Schäffer, 1865; (repl. name), TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #101e]
Eurema daira palmira [Pierre Zagatti]
palmyra ; auth., (missp.)
Eurema palmira ; [NACL, #4244]
Eurema daira palmira ; [NL4A, #101e]
E. d. eugenia (Wallengren, 1860)
Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala daira eugenia (Wallengren, 1860) (Terias); , TL: [Panama] ?Ins. St. Joseph, Venezuela
Terias solana Reakirt, 1866; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3): (238-249) , TL: Mexico, Veracruz
= ; [NL4A, #101b]
Terias persistens Butler & Druce, 1872; Cistula ent. 1 (5): 110, TL: Costa Rica
= ; [NL4A, #101b]
Eurema jucunda f. pallidula Klots, 1929; , TL: Guatemala
= ; [NL4A, #101b]
Eurema daira eugenia [ILMB]
Eurema daira eugenia [BOA]
Terias persistens ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 170, 3: pl. 63, f. 24-27
Eurema daira eugenia ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #101b]
E. d. sidonia (R. Felder, 1869)
Mexico Terias sidonia R. Felder, 1869; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 19: 465, TL: Mexico, "Campeche"; "Morelos"
Terias cepio Godman & Salvin, [1889]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 169, 3: pl. 94, f. 5-8, TL: Mexico, Sinaloa; Guerrero; Morelos; Michoacán; Veracruz
= ; [NL4A, #101f]
Eurema daira sidonia [ILMB]
Eurema daira sidonia [BOA]
Eurema daira sidonia ; [NL4A, #101f]
E. d. lydia (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Venezuela, Colombia Terias lydia C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (3): 87, TL: Venezuela,Colombia
Terias rhodia C. & R. Felder, 1861; , TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #101c]
Terias medutina C. & R. Felder, 1861; , TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #101c]
Terias phoenicia C. & R. Felder, 1865; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #101c]
Eurema daira lydia [Bruce Walsh]
Terias lydia ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 170, 3: pl. 63, f. 20-23
Eurema daira phoenicia ; [EcuL]
Eurema daira lydia ; [NL4A, #101c]
E. d. macheti Brévignon, 1996
French Guiana daira macheti Brévignon, 1996; , TL: French Guiana
Eurema daira macheti ; [NL4A, #101d]

Eurema deva (Doubleday, 1847)
-. See [About maps] Terias deva Doubleday, 1847; , TL: "French Guiana"
Eurema (Eurema) deva ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Eurema deva ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 15]; [NL4A, #102]
S.Brazil Terias fabricia Poey, [1853]; , TL: "French Guiana"
= ; [NL4A, #102a]
Terias agavoides Wallengren, 1863; , TL: Brazil
= ; [NL4A, #102a]
Eurema deva deva ; [NL4A, #102a]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 20
E. d. chilensis (Blanchard, 1852)
Chile deva chilensis (Blanchard, 1852) (Terias); , TL: Chile
Eurema deva chilensis ; [NL4A, #102b]
E. d. doris (Röber, 1909)
Bolivia deva doris (Röber, 1909) (Terias); , TL: Bolivia
Eurema pseudomorpha Klots, 1929; , TL: Bolivia
= ; [NL4A, #102c]
Eurema (Eurema) pseudomorhpa ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Eurema deva doris ; [NL4A, #102c]

Eurema elathea (Cramer, [1777])
-. See [About maps] Papilio elathea Cramer, [1777]; , TL: "Virginia" [?Haiti]
Eurema elathea [Pierre Zagatti]
Eurema elathea ; [EBW]; [BCR, 108, pl. 10]; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 22]; [NL4A, #103]

Larva on Zornia, Stylosanthes [BCR]

Virginia?, Cuba Colias midea Ménétriés, 1832; , TL: Virginia
= ; [NL4A, #103a]
Terias lye d'Almeida, 1934; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #103a]
Eurema (Eurema) elathea elathea ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Eurema elathea elathea ; [NL4A, #103a]
E. e. flavescens (Chavannes, 1850)
Brazil(São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia), Argentina elathea flavescens (Chavannes, 1850) (Terias); , TL: Brazil, São Paulo
Terias plataea C. Felder, 1862; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #103c]
Terias mycale C. & R. Felder, 1865; , TL: Brazil, Bahia
= ; [NL4A, #103c]
Terias elathea plataea ab. venilia d'Almeida, 1922; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #103c]
Terias elathea ab. incana d'Almeida, 1928; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #103c]
Eurema mycale ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 22 (text only)]
Eurema elathea flavescens ; [NL4A, #103c]
E. e. vitellina (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia Terias vitellina C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (3): 86, TL: Venezuela
Terias tegea C. & R. Felder, 1865; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #103f]
Eurema elathides Staudinger, 1884; , TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #103f]
Terias vitellina ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 171, 3: pl. 65, f. 1-4
Eurema elathea vitellina ; [NL4A, #103f]
E. e. ella (Röber, 1909)
Ecuador elathea ella (Röber, 1909) (Terias); , TL: Ecuador
Eurema elathea ella ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #103b]
E. e. obsoleta (Jörgensen, 1932)
Paraguay, Brazil(Mato Grosso) elathea obsoleta (Jörgensen, 1932) (Terias); , TL: Paraguay
Terias elathea f. gracilis d'Almeida, 1928; (preocc. Avinoff, 1926), TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso
= ; [NL4A, #103e]
Terias plagiata d'Almeida, 1935; (repl. name), TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso
= ; [NL4A, #103e]
Eurema elathea obsoleta ; [NL4A, #103e]
E. e. lamasi Brévignon, 1993
French Guiana elathea lamasi Brévignon, 1993; , TL: French Guiana
Eurema elathea lamasi ; [NL4A, #103d]
Eurema elathea ssp. ; [EcuL]
Eurema elathea ssp. ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 13, pl. 17, f. 12 (Montego Bay, Jamaica)
Venezuela Eurema elathea ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #103g]
Venezuela Eurema elathea ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #103h]

Eurema fabiola (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Venezuela, Ecuador. See [About maps] Terias fabiola C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (3): 85, TL: Venezuela, prov. Caracas
Terias arbela ab. rubella d'Almeida, 1928; , TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #104]
Terias rubricata d'Almeida, 1936; , TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #104]
Terias fabiola ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 160
Eurema (Sphaenogona) fabiola ; [EcuL]
Eurema fabiola ; [NL4A, #104]

Eurema lirina (Bates, 1861)
Brazil(Pará, Mato Grosso). See [About maps] Terias lirina Bates, 1861; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Eurema furtadoi Casagrande & Mielke, 1979; , TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso
= ; [NL4A, #105]
Eurema lirina ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #105]

Eurema lucina (Poey, [1852])
-. See [About maps] Terias lucina Poey, [1852]; , TL: Cuba
Eurema lucina ; [NL4A, #106]
Cuba Terias fornsi Poey, 1854; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #106a]
Terias arabella Lucas, 1856; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #106a]
Terias conjungens Herrich-Schäffer, 1865; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #106a]
Terias stora Herrich-Schäffer, 1865; (nom. nud.)
= ; [NL4A, #106a]
Eurema priddyi forbesi Klots, 1929; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #106a]
Eurema lucina lucina ; [NL4A, #106a]
E. l. priddyi (Lathy, 1898)
Haiti Terias priddyi Lathy, 1899; Ent. mon. Mag. ?: 223 (?1899), TL: Haiti
Eurema lucina priddyi ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 13; [NL4A, #106b]

Eurema mexicana (Boisduval, [1836])
SNA, CA, SA. See [About maps] Mexican Yellow
Terias mexicana Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 655, pl. 19 [= 3C], f. 1, TL: Mexico
Eurema mexicana mexicana [ILMB]
Eurema mexicana mexicana [BOA]
Eurema mexicana [Wahlberg]
Eurema mexicana [BAMONA]
Eurema mexicanum [Bruce Walsh]
Abaeis mexicana ; Geyer, 1837, in Hübner, Zuträge. Samml. exot. Schmett. 5 : 29, : f. 917-918
Terias mexicana ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 157
Pyrisita[sic] mexicana ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 10
Eurema mexicanum ; [NACL, #4246]
Eurema mexicana ; [BCR, 106, pl. 10]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 17, f. 37]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #107]
Eurema mexicana mexicana ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 24

Larva on Cassia [NAB], Diphysa robinoides [EOB]

Mexico, Honduras, Arizona, Texas, Kansas Terias damaris C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 198, TL: Mexico
= ; [NL4A, #107a]
Terias depuiseti Boisduval, 1870; Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 11, TL: Honduras; Mexico
= ; [NL4A, #107a]
Eurema biedermanni Ehrmann, 1925; , TL: Arizona
= ; [NL4A, #107a]
ab. recta Klots, 1929; , TL: Texas
= ; [NL4A, #107a]
f. rosa Whittaker & Stallings, 1944; (winter f.), TL: Kansas
= ; [NL4A, #107a]
Eurema mexicana mexicana ; [NL4A, #107a]
E. m. bogotana (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Colombia Terias bogotana C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (3): 84, TL: Colombia
?Terias chloë C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 199
= Terias bogotana ; Godman & Salvin, [1899], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 158
Sphaenogona mexicana ; Butler & Druce, 1874, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 358
Terias bogotana ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 157
Eurema mexicana bogotana ; [NL4A, #107b]

Eurema nigrocincta Dognin, 1889
-. See [About maps] Eurema nigrocincta Dognin, 1889; , TL: Ecuador, Loja
Eurema nigrocincta ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #108]
Ecuador Eurema nigrocincta nigrocincta ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 16; [NL4A, #108a]
E. n. hockingi Lamas, 1981
Peru nigrocincta hockingi Lamas, 1981; , TL: Peru
Eurema nigrocincta hockingi ; [NL4A, #108b]

Eurema paulina (Bates, 1861)
Brazil(Amazonas), Peru. See [About maps] paulina (Bates, 1861) (Terias); , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Eurema xanthochlora[sic] pomponia f. marjoria Klots, 1929; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #109]
Eurema paulina ; [NL4A, #109]

Eurema phiale (Cramer, [1775])
Colombia, Bolivia. See [About maps] Papilio phiale Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 43, pl. 27, f. F, TL: Surinam
Eurema phiale ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 27]; [EcuL, (?)]; [NL4A, #110]
Surinam Papilio musa Fabricius, 1793; , TL: "East Indies"
= ; [NL4A, #110a]
Terias gentilis Boisduval, 1836; ?Enc. Méth.: 658-659, TL: S.Amer.
= ; [NL4A, #110a]
Eurema (Eurema) musa ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Eurema musa ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 26 (text only)]
Eurema phiale phiale ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 14; [NL4A, #110a]
E. p. columbia (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia phiale columbia (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Terias); , TL: Venezuela,Colombia
Terias phiale phialina Röber, 1909; (nom. nud.), TL: Colombia; Bolivia
= ; [NL4A, #110b]
Eurema phiale columbia ; [NL4A, #110b]
E. p. paula (Röber, 1909)
Brazil(São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina phiale paula (Röber, 1909) (Terias); , TL: Brazil, São Paulo
Terias singularis d'Almeida, 1922; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Pavuna de Jacarepagua
= ; [NL4A, #110c]
Terias phiale ab. flavomaculata d'Almeida, 1928; , TL: Brazil, São Paulo
= ; [NL4A, #110c]
Terias musa haline d'Almeida, 1928; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #110c]
Terias raymundoi d'Almeida, 1928; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #110c]
Terias phiale f. majorina d'Almeida, 1932; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #110c]
Eurema phiale flavomaculata ;
Eurema (Eurema) phiale flavomaculata ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Eurema phiale majorina ;
Eurema (Eurema) phiale majorina ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Eurema phiale paula ; [NL4A, #110c]

Eurema reticulata (Butler, 1871)
Peru, Ecuador. See [About maps] Terias reticulata Butler, 1871; , TL: Ecuador, Archidona
Eurema marmorata Dognin, 1887; , TL: Ecuador, Riviere Numbala
= ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #111]
Eurema (Sphaenogona) reticulata ; [EcuL]
Eurema reticulata ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 28]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 27; [NL4A, #111]

Eurema salome (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
S.USA. See [About maps] Terias salome C. & R. Felder, 1861; , TL: "Ecuador" [?Venezuela]
Eurema salome [BAMONA]
Eurema salome ; [NL4A, #112]; [NACL, #4247]; [BCR, 106, pl. 10]; [BOW: pl. 17, f. 29]; [Opler]

Larva on Diphysa robinoides? [BCR]

Peru Terias arbela ab. lurida d'Almeida, 1928; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #112a]
Terias (Eurema) salome saba Bryk, 1953; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #112a]
Eurema salome salome ; [NL4A, #112a]
E. s. limoneus (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Venezuela salome limoneus (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Terias); , TL: Venezuela
Terias ?limonia Ménétriés, 1857; (nom. nud.), TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #112d]
Eurema salome limoneum[sic] ; [NACL, #4247a (missp.?)]
Eurema salome limoneus ; [NL4A, #112d]
E. s. gaugamela (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
Colombia, Venezuela Terias gaugamela C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 199, pl. 26, f. 5, TL: Colombia
Eurema damarina Staudinger, 1889; , TL: "Mexico",Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #112b]
Terias mexicana henricii Apolinar, 1926; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #112b]
Eurema salome gaugamela ; [NL4A, #112b]
E. s. jamapa (Reakirt, 1866)
Mexico Terias jamapa Reakirt, 1866; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3) : 239, TL: Mexico, Veracruz
Eurema salome jamapa [ILMB]
Eurema salome jamapa [BOA]
Eurema salome jamapa ; [NL4A, #112c]
E. s. xystra (d'Almeida, 1936)
Ecuador salome xystra (d'Almeida, 1936) (Terias); , TL: Ecuador, Quite
Eurema xystra ;
Eurema (Sphaenogona) salome xystra ; [EcuL]
Eurema salome xystra ; [NL4A, #112e]
Peru Eurema salome ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #112f]

Eurema tupuntenem Lichy, 1976
-. See [About maps] Eurema tupuntenem Lichy, 1976; , TL: Venezuela
Eurema tupuntenem ; [NL4A, #113]
Venezuela Eurema tupuntenem tupuntenem ; [NL4A, #113a]
Venezuela Eurema tupuntenem ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #113b]

Eurema xantochlora (Kollar, 1850)
Bolivia. See [About maps] Terias xantochlora Kollar, 1850; Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 1: 363, TL: Colombia
Terias xanthochlora[sic] ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 161, 3: pl. 63, f. 5-8; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 727
Eurema xanthoclora[sic] ; [BCR, 106, pl. 10]
Eurema xantochlora ; [NL4A, #114]
Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela Terias theodes C. & R. Felder, 1861; , TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #114a]
Terias constantia C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 200, TL: Venezuela,Mexico
= ; [NL4A, #114a]
Terias theona C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 202, TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #114a]
Eurema xanthochlora xanthochlora[sic] ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 26
Sphaenogona constantia ; Butler & Druce, 1874, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 359
Eurema (Sphaenogona) xantochlora xantochlora ; [EcuL]
Eurema xantochlora xantochlora ; [NL4A, #114a]
E. x. ectriva (Butler, 1873)
Ecuador xantochlora ectriva (Butler, 1873) (Sphaenogona); , TL: Ecuador, Archidona
Terias ectriva Doubleday, 1847; (nom. nud.), TL: Ecuador
= ; [NL4A, #114b]
Eurema (Sphaenogona) xantochlora ectriva ; [EcuL]
Eurema xantochlora ectriva ; [NL4A, #114b]
E. x. pomponia (Hopffer, 1874)
Peru xantochlora pomponia (Hopffer, 1874) (Terias); , TL: Peru
Terias sybaris Hopffer, 1874; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #114c]
xanthochlora xanhtohchlora[sic] ab. marginata (Dufrane, 1947) (Terias); , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #114c]
Eurema sybaris ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 29]
Eurema xantochlora pomponia ; [NL4A, #114c]

The "abaeis" species-group

Eurema nicippe (Cramer, [1779])
S.USA - Costa Rica, West Indies. See [About maps] Sleepy Orange
Papilio nicippe Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 31, pl. 210, f. C, D, TL: Virginia
ab. flava (Strecker, 1878) (Terias); Synon. Cat. Macroplep.: 84, TL: [Pennsylvania)]
= ; [NL4A, #83]
tr.f. dammersi Gunder, 1930; , TL: California
= ; [NL4A, #83]
tr.f. callae Field, 1936; , TL: Texas
= ; [NL4A, #83]
f. pallens Whittaker & Stallings, 1944; (sum. f.), TL: Kansas
= ; [NL4A, #83]
Abaeis nicippe [ILMB]
Abaeis nicippe [BOA]
Abaeis nicippe [BAMONA]
E. nicippe [GALEPS]
Eurema nicippe [Bruce Walsh]
Terias nicippe ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 155; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 727
Eurema nicippe flava ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11
Eurema nicippe ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11; [NACL, #4242]; [BCR, 107]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 17, f. 28]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 22
Abaeis nicippe ; [Opler]; [NL4A, #83]
[nicippe-1v.jpg] 1600x1200 (~171Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 12.7.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny [nicippe-2v.jpg] 1600x1200 (~191Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 9.8.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny [nicippe-3v.jpg] 1500x1062 (~193Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 17.9.2004, Photo © Vitaly Charny
[nicippe-4v.jpg] 1500x1112 (~130Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 17.9.2004, Photo © Vitaly Charny

Larva on Cassia, Trifolium [NAB]



Eurema nicippiformis Munroe, 1947
Haiti Eurema (Abaeis) nicippiformis Munroe, 1947; , TL: Haiti
Abaeis nicippiformis ; [NL4A, #84]

The "pyrisitia" species-group

Eurema chamberlaini Butler, 1897
Eurema chamberlaini Butler, 1897; , TL: Bahamas
Pyrisitia chamberlaini ; [NL4A, #85]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Eurema chamberlaini; [NACL, #4241]
Bahamas Eurema chamberlaini banksi Clench, 1942; Mem. Soc. Cubana Hist. Nat. 16: (1-2), TL: Smoky Point, Cat Island, Bahamas
= ; [NL4A, #85a]
Pyrisitia chamberlaini chamberlaini ; [NL4A, #85a]
E. c. mariguanae Bates, 1934
Bahamas chamberlaini mariguanae Bates, 1934; , TL: Bahamas
Pyrisitia chamberlaini mariguanae ; [NL4A, #85d]
E. c. inaguae Munroe, 1950
Bahamas chamberlaini inaguae Munroe, 1950; , TL: Bahamas
Pyrisitia chamberlaini inaguae ; [NL4A, #85c]
E. c. clenchi Miller, Simon & Harvey, 1992
Bahamas Eurema chamberlaini clenchi Miller, Simon & Harvey, 1992; , TL: Bahamas
Pyrisitia chamberlaini clenchi ; [NL4A, #85b]

Eurema dina (Poey, 1832)
SNA - Panama, Antilles. See [About maps] Terias dina Poey, 1832; Centurie Lèpid. Cuba: (?), TL: Cuba
Pyrisitia dina [BAMONA]
Terias dina ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 163
Eurema dina ; [NACL, #4240]
Pyrisitia dina ; [Opler]; [NL4A, #86]
[dina-1m.jpg] 434x540 (~23Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Cuba Terias citrina Poey, [1852]; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #86a]
Pyrisitia dina dina ; [NL4A, #86a]
E. d. westwoodi (Boisduval, 1836)
Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama Terias westwoodi Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 666, TL: Mexico
Terias calceolaria Butler & Druce, 1872; Cistula ent. 1 (5): 110, TL: Costa Rica,Honduras
= Eurema westwoodi ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11
= ; [NL4A, #86e]
Pyrisitia dina westwoodi [ILMB]
Pyrisitia dina westwoodi [BOA]
Eurema dina westwoodi [Bruce Walsh]
Terias westwoodii ;
Eurema westwoodi ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11; [BOW: pl. 51, f. 2, 3]
Eurema dina westwoodi ; [NACL, #4240a]; [BCR, 107, pl. 10]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 19
Pyrisitia dina westwoodi ; [NL4A, #86e]

Larva on Picramnia alleni, P. quaternaria [BCR]

E. d. parvumbra (Kaye, 1925)
Jamaica dina parvumbra (Kaye, 1925) (Terias); , TL: Jamaica
Pyrisitia dina parvumbra ; [NL4A, #86d]
E. d. helios Bates, 1934
Bahamas dina helios Bates, 1934; , TL: Bahamas
Eurema dina helios ; [NACL, #4240b]
Pyrisitia dina helios ; [NL4A, #86b]
E. d. bayobanex Bates, 1939
Haiti dina bayobanex Bates, 1939; , TL: Haiti
Pyrisitia dina bayobanex ; [NL4A, #86c]

Eurema euterpiformis Munroe, 1947
Haiti Eurema (Pyristia) euterpiformis Munroe, 1947; , TL: Haiti
Pyrisitia euterpiformis ; [NL4A, #87]

Eurema leuce (Boisduval, 1836)
-. See [About maps] Terias leuce Boisduval, 1836; , TL: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul
Eurema thymetus ; [BOW: pl. 51, f. 1]
Eurema (Pyrisitia) leuce ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Pyrisitia leuce ; [NL4A, #88]
Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay Papilio sanguinea Larrañaga, 1923; , TL: Uruguay
= ; [NL4A, #88a]
Terias riograndensis d'Almeida, 1934; , TL: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul
= ; [NL4A, #88a]
Pyrisitia leuce leuce ; [NL4A, #88a]
E. l. circumcincta (Bates, 1861)
Brazil(Pará) Terias circumcincta Bates, 1861; J. Ent.: 241, TL: Brazil, Pará
Pyrisitia leuce circumcincta ; [NL4A, #88d]
E. l. athalia (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad Terias athalia C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 208, TL: Colombia
Terias diodina Butler, 1875; , TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #88c]
Terias pseudoleuce d'Almeida, 1934; , TL: Trinidad
= ; [NL4A, #88c]
Terias athalia ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 164, 3: pl. 64, f. 9-12
Pyrisitia leuce athalia ; [NL4A, #88c]
E. l. flavilla (Bates, 1861)
Brazil(Amazonas), Peru leuce flavilla (Bates, 1861) (Terias); , TL: [Amazon region]
Eurema hahneli Staudinger, 1884; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #88e]
Pyrisitia leuce flavilla ; [NL4A, #88e]; [EcuL]
E. l. memulus (Butler, 1871)
Haiti leuce memulus (Butler, 1871) (Terias); , TL: Haiti
Pyrisitia leuce memulus ; [NL4A, #88f]
E. l. antillarum (Hall, 1936)
St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico leuce antillarum (Hall, 1936) (Terias); , TL: St. Kitts,Dominica,St. Lucia
Eurema sanjuanensis Watson, 1938; , TL: Puerto Rico
= ; [NL4A, #88b]
Eurema leuce antillarum [Pierre Zagatti]
Pyrisitia leuce antillarum ; [NL4A, #88b]

Eurema lisa (Boisduval & Leconte, 1829)
Panama, West Indies. See [About maps] Little Yellow Little Sulphur
Xanthidia lisa Boisduval & Leconte, 1829; Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (5/6): 53, (7/8): pl. 19, f. 4-5 ?[1830], TL: USA
immaculata Whittaker & D. Stallings, 1944; (sum. f.)
Pyrisitia lisa [BAMONA]
Eurema lisa [GALEPS]
Eurema lisa lisa [Bruce Walsh]
Eurema euterpe alba ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11
Terias lisa ; Boisduval, 1836, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 661
Eurema lisa ; [NACL, #4237]; [BOW: pl. 17, f. 33]
Pyrisitia lisa ; [Opler]; [NL4A, #89]
Misidentified/misapplied:
euterpe; auth., not Ménétriés, 1832
Eurema euterpe; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11
[lisa-1m.jpg] 379x438 (~21Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey [lisa-2v.jpg] 1400x1050 (~141Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 31.8.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny [lisa-3a.jpg] 1400x930 (~282Kb) USA: Alabama, 30.9.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny
[lisa-3v.jpg] 1200x876 (~133Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 30.9.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny [lisa-4av.jpg] 1200x1213 (~159Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 7.10.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny [lisa-4xv.jpg] 1400x930 (~146Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 7.10.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny

Larva on Cassia, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Trifolium, Amphicarpa [NAB], Mimosa [BCR]


Maine - Florida, Kansas ab. alba (Strecker, 1878) (Terias); Synon. Cat. Macroplep.: 85
= ; [NL4A, #89a]
Terias lisa clappii Maynard, 1891; , TL: Florida
= ; [NL4A, #89a]
f. immaculata Whittaker & Stallings, 1944; , TL: Kansas
= ; [NL4A, #89a]
Eurema clappi ;
Pyrisitia lisa lisa ; [NL4A, #89a]
E. l. euterpe (Ménétriés, 1832)
Haiti, Cuba, West Indies Colias euterpe Ménétriés, 1832; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 5: 359, TL: Haiti
Terias stygmula Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 661, TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #89c]
Terias sulphurina Poey, [1852]; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #89c]
Terias thymetus var. pauperata d'Almeida, 1934; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #89c]
Eurema lisa euterpe [Pierre Zagatti]
?Terias euterpe ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 162
Eurema euterpe ;
Pyrisitia lisa euterpe ; [NL4A, #89c]
E. l. centralis Herrich-Schäffer, 1865
Mexico, Guatemala lisa centralis Herrich-Schäffer, 1865; , TL: Guatemala
Pyrisitia lisa centralis [ILMB]
Pyrisitia lisa centralis [BOA]
Pyrisitia lisa centralis ; [NL4A, #89b]

Eurema messalina (Fabricius, 1787)
Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Antilles, Florida. See [About maps] Papilio messalina Fabricius, 1787; , TL: "India"
Terias bulaea Boisduval, 1836; , TL: "Senegal"
= ; [NL4A, #90]
Terias gnathene Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 680, TL: "Mexico, Yucatan"
= ; [NL4A, #90]
Terias iradia Poey, [1852]; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #90]
Terias blakei Maynard, 1891; Man. N. Amer. Butt., app.: 216, TL: Bahamas; Florida
= ; [NL4A, #90]
Pyrisitia messalina [BAMONA]
Eurema gnatheme blakei ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 12
Eurema messalina blakei ; [NACL, #4239a]
Eurema messalina ; [NACL, #4239]; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 24]
Eurema gnatheme[sic?] ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 12
Pyrisitia messalina ; [Opler]; [NL4A, #90]

Eurema nise (Cramer, [1775])
-. See [About maps] Mimosa Yellow
Papilio nise Cramer, [1775]; , TL: Jamaica
Pyrisitia nise [BAMONA]
?Eurema disa[sic?] ??Latreille²; [BOW: pl. 17, f. 33 (text only)]
Eurema nise ; [BCR, 107, pl. 10]; [NACL, #4238]
Eurema neda ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 26]
Pyrisitia nise ; [Opler]; [NL4A, #91]
[nise-1m.jpg] 355x464 (~17Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Larva on Mimosa pudica [NAB]


Jamaica Pieris neda Godart, 1819; (repl. name), TL: Jamaica
= ; [NL4A, #91a]
Pyrisitia nise nise ; [NL4A, #91a]
E. n. stygma (Boisduval, 1836)
Peru, Ecuador nise stygma (Boisduval, 1836) (Terias); , TL: Peru
Eurema sulla Weymer, 1890; , TL: [Ecuador] Pululagua 2000m
= ; [NL4A, #91e]
Terias porteri d'Almeida, 1930; , TL: Quite
= Pyrisitia nise sulla ; [EcuL]
= ; [NL4A, #91e]
Terias joannisi Dufrane, 1947; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #91e]
Terias joannisi ab. minor Dufrane, 1947; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #91e]
Terias joannisi ab. marginata Dufrane, 1947; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #91e]
Terias joannisi ab. obliterata Dufrane, 1947; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #91e]
Pyrisitia nise sulla ; [EcuL]
Pyrisitia nise stygma ; [NL4A, #91e]
E. n. tenella (Boisduval, 1836)
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro), Argentina, Paraguay Terias tenella Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 657, TL: Brazil
Terias nisella Felder, 1862; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 12: 474, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #91f]
Terias perimede Prittwitz, 1865; Stettin Ent. Ztg 26 (4-6): 134, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #91f]
Terias tenella ab. alcides d'Almeida, 1913; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #91f]
Terias tenella f. germana d'Almeida, 1921; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #91f]
Terias tenella f. jacarepaguana d'Almeida, 1921; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #91f]
Terias tenella f. panopea d'Almeida, 1921; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #91f]
Terias lepidula d'Almeida, 1921; , TL: Brazil(Rio de Janeiro)
= ; [NL4A, #91f]
Terias thymetus f. cordobensis Köhler, 1923; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #91f]
Terias tenella ab. cissa d'Almeida, 1928; , TL: Brazil(Rio de Janeiro)
= ; [NL4A, #91f]
Terias thymetus f. formosanus Jörgensen, 1935; , TL: Argentina,Paraguay
= ; [NL4A, #91f]
Terias tenella ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 165; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 727
Eurema (Pyrisitia) tenella ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 154
Pyrisitia nise tenella ; [NL4A, #91f]
E. n. larae (Herrich-Schäffer, 1862)
Cuba nise larae (Herrich-Schäffer, 1862) (Terias); , TL: Cuba
Eurema (Pyrisitia) larae f. ricardi Torre & Alayo, 1953; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #91c]
Eurema larae ;
Pyrisitia nise larae ; [NL4A, #91c]
E. n. nelphe (R. Felder, 1869)
Mexico, Panama Terias nelphe R. Felder, 1869; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 19: 466, TL: Mexico, Veracruz
Eurema (Terias) venustula Staudinger, 1876; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 25 (1) : 93, TL: Panama
= ; [NL4A, #91d]
Terias linda Edwards, 1884; Papilio 4 (3) : 53, TL: Mexico, Sonora
= ; [NL4A, #91d]
Pyrisitia nise nelphe [ILMB]
Pyrisitia nise nelphe [BOA]
Eurema nise nelphe [Bruce Walsh]
Eurema linda ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11
Pyrisitia nise nelphe ; [NL4A, #91d]
E. n. floscula (Weeks, 1901)
Bolivia, Argentina, Peru nise floscula (Weeks, 1901) (Terias); , TL: Bolivia
Terias neda f. fusca Giacomelli, 1915; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #91b]
Terias tenella ab. argia d'Almeida, 1928; , TL: Bolivia
= ; [NL4A, #91b]
Eurema frieda Baumann & Reissinger, 1969; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #91b]
Eurema frieda f. discopunctata Baumann & Reissinger, 1969; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #91b]
?Eurema fridea ; (missp.?)
Eurema frieda ;
Pyrisitia nise floscula ; [NL4A, #91b]
Ecuador Pyrisitia nise ssp.
Pyrisitia nise ssp. ; [EcuL]
Peru Pyrisitia nise ssp.
Pyrisitia nise ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #91g]

Eurema portoricensis (Dewitz, 1877)
Puerto Rico Terias portoricensis Dewitz, 1877; , TL: Puerto Rico
Terias tenera Avinoff, 1926; , TL: Puerto Rico
= ; [NL4A, #92]
Pyrisitia portoricensis ; [NL4A, #92]

Eurema proterpia (Fabricius, 1775)
Antilles, Jamaica, Cuba, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico. See [About maps] Tailed Orange Little Jaune
Papilio proterpia Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 478, TL: Jamaica
Terias gundlachia Poey, 1851; Hist. Nat. Cuba. 1: 246, pl. 24, f. 1-3 ?[1853], TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #93]
Terias longicauda Bates, 1864; Ent. mon. Mag. 1 (2): 32, TL: Guatemala
= Terias gundlachia ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 156
= ; [NL4A, #93]
Eurema proterpia watsonia Klots, 1923; , TL: Ecuador
= ; [NL4A, #93]
Eurema gundlachia morleyi Coxeý, 1932; , TL: Ecuador
= Pyrisitia proterbia watsonia ; [EcuL]
= ; [NL4A, #93]
ab. imitatrix (d'Almeida, 1932) (Terias); , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #93]
Papilio atzin Arias, 1968; (nom. nud.), TL: Mexico
= ; [NL4A, #93]
Pyrisitia proterpia [ILMB]
Pyrisitia proterpia [BOA]
Pyrisitia proterpia [BAMONA]
Eurema proterpia [Bruce Walsh]

Eurema longicauda ;
Eurema proterpia longicauda ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 17
Eurema proterpia watsonia ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 18
Pyrisitia proterpia watsonia ; [EcuL]
Pyrisitia proterpia ; Butler & Druce, 1874, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 359
Terias proterpia ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 155
Terias gundlachia ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 156
Pyrisita[sic] gundlachia ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11
Pyrisita[sic] proterbia ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 11
Eurema proterpia ; [NACL, #4236]
Eurema proterbia ; [EBW]; [BCR, 105, pl. 10]; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 25]
Pyrisitia proterbia ; [Opler]
Pyrisitia proterpia ; [NL4A, #93]

Larva on Desmodium [EOB]


Eurema pyro (Godart, 1819)
Haiti Pieris pyro Godart, 1819
Colias hyona Ménétriés, 1832; , TL: Haiti
= ; [NL4A, #94]
Eurema hyona ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 21]
Eurema pyro ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 23, f. 17
Pyrisitia pyro ; [NL4A, #94]

Eurema venusta (Boisduval, 1836)
Jamaica, Colombia, Trinidad. See [About maps] Terias venusta Boisduval, 1836; , TL: "Jamaica",Colombia
Pyrisitia venusta ; [NL4A, #95];
[venusta-1.jpg] 500x377 (~27Kb) Venezuela, Yacambu park near Barquisimeto, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes [venusta-2mf.jpg] 500x376 (~31Kb) male female Venezuela, Merida and the Sierra Nevada National Park, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes
E. nise?

Venezuela, French Guiana, Surinam Terias limbia C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (3): 86, TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #95a]
Eurema diosa Möschler, 1883; , TL: French Guiana,Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #95a]
Terias limbia ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 164, 3: pl. 63, f. 13-15
Eurema limbia ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 23]
Eurema venusta venusta ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 14, pl. 17, f. 21
Pyrisitia venusta venusta ; [NL4A, #95a]

[limbia-1.jpg] 500x363 (~33Kb) Venezuela, Merida and the Sierra Nevada National Park, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes

Larva on Mimosa, (for limbia)

E. v. emanona Dillon, 1947
Antilles venusta emanona Dillon, 1947; , TL: Dominica
Eurema venusta emanona [Pierre Zagatti]
Pyrisitia venusta emanona ; [NL4A, #95c]
E. v. aequatorialis (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Ecuador? venusta aequatorialis (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Terias); , TL: "Ecuador"
Eurema venusta aequatorialis ;
Pyrisitia venusta aequatorialis ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #95b]

The "teriocolias" species-group

Eurema zelia (Lucas, 1852)
-. See [About maps] Terias zelia Lucas, 1852; , TL: ;"Colombia" [Potopoto, La Paz, Bolivia]
Teriocolias zelia ; [EcuL, (?)]; [NL4A, #115]
Bolivia, Peru, Argentina Terias atinas Hewitson, 1874; Descr. new Spec. Butts Buckley Bolivia: 4, TL: Bolivia
= ; [NL4A, #115a]
Terias flavia Burmeister, 1880; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #115a]
Teriocolias riojana Giacomelli, 1911; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #115a]
Teriocolias atinas f. meridionalis Jörgensen, 1916; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #115a]
Teriocolias atinas f. shiptoni Jörgensen, 1916; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #115a]
Teriocolias atinas f. shiptone ; Jörgensen, 1916, (missp.)
Eurema atinas ; [BOW: pl. 50, f. 14]
Teriocolias zelia zelia ; [NL4A, #115a]
E. z. pacis (Röber, 1909)
Peru zelia pacis (Röber, 1909) (Teriocolias); , TL: Peru
Teriocolias atinas plesseni Röber, 1909; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #115d]
Teriocolias zelia plesseni ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 11, pl. 13, f. 7
Teriocolias zelia pacis ; [NL4A, #115d]
E. z. mathani Field, 1950
Peru Eurema (Teriocolias) zelia mathani Field, 1950; , TL: Chachapoyos, Dept. of Amazones, Peru
Teriocolias zelia mathani ; [NL4A, #115c]
E. z. andina (Forbes, 1928)
Peru, Chile zelia andina (Forbes, 1928) (Teriocolias); , TL: Peru
Teriocolias atinas kuscheli Ureta, 1947; , TL: Chile
= ; [NL4A, #115b]
Teriocolias yauta Fuchs, 1954
= ; [NL4A, #115b]
Eurema zalia kuscheli ;
Teriocolias zelia andina ; [NL4A, #115b]


Unknown taxa

Terias limbata d'Almeida, 1934; ("nom collectif")
Eurema limbata ; [NL4A, 107]

Eurema amicula J. & W. Zikán, 1968; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Eurema amicula ; [NL4A, 107]

Terias androphila Ménétriés, 1857; (nom. nud.), TL: Venezuela
Eurema androphila ; [NL4A, 107]

Terias cincta Herrich-Schäffer, 1867; (nom. nud.)
Eurema cincta ; [NL4A, 107]

Terias cleona Ménétriés, 1857; (nom. nud.), TL: Venezuela
Eurema cleona ; [NL4A, 107]

Terias dubiosa Herrich-Schäffer, 1867; (nom. nud.)
Eurema dubiosa ; [NL4A, 107]

Pieris elissa Doubleday, 1847; (nom. nud.), TL: Bolivia
Eurema elissa ; [NL4A, 107]

Terias guatemalena Herrich-Schäffer, 1867; (nom. nud.)
Eurema guatemalena ; [NL4A, 107]

Terias miala Herrich-Schäffer, 1867; (nom. nud.)
Eurema miala ; [NL4A, 107]

Terias singa Herrich-Schäffer, 1867; (nom. nud.)
Eurema singa ; [NL4A, 107]

Terias togata Herrich-Schäffer, 1867; (nom. nud.)
Eurema togata ; [NL4A, 107]


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[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[AfrL]
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[BAFR]
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[BAMONA]
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[BAUR]
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[BCA]
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[BCR]
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[BIR]
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[BK]
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[BMP]
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[BOA]
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[BOR]
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[BOW]
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[EBW]
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[EOB]
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[EcuL]
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[GALEPS]
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[ILMB]
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[MRS]
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[MadL]
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[NAB]
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[NACL]
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[NHM]
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[NL4A]
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[Oleg Kosterin]
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[PBSA]
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1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
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[Wahlberg]
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[Yutaka Inayoshi]
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[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Bates, 1864
New species of butterflies from Guatemala and Panama, collected by Osbert Salvin and F. du Cane Godman, Esqs. Ent. mon. Mag. 1 (1): 1-6 (1864) (2): 31-35 (1864) (3): 55-59 (1864) (4): 81-85 (1864) (5): 113-116 (1864) (6): 126-131 (1864) (7): 161-164 (1864) (8): 178-180 (1865) (9): 202-205 (1865)
Boisduval, 1833
Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 1-122, pl. 1-16 (Repaged offprint from Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 2 (2): 149-270)
Boisduval, 1836
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Boisduval, 1870
Considerations sur des Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 100pp
Boisduval & Le Conte, [1829]; Boisduval & Leconte, 1829
Histoire générale et iconographie des lépidoptères et des chenilles de l'Amérique septentrionale Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (1): 1-16. pl. 1-3 (1829) (2): 17-24, pl. 4-6 (1829) (3/4): 25-40, pl. 7-12 ([1830]) (5/6): 41-56, pl. 13-18 ([1830]) (7/8): 57-80, pl. 19-24 ([1830]) (9/10): 81-100, pl. 25-30 (1833) (11-22): 101-196, pl. 31-65 ([1835]) (23-26): 197-228, pl. 66-78 ([1837])
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera (continued) J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 145-168
Butler, 1877
On a collection of Lepidoptera from Cape York and the south-east coast of New Guinea Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877: 466-475
Butler, 1880
For a second collection of Lepidoptera made in Formosa by H.E. Hobson, Esq. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880: 666-691
Butler, 1883
The Lepidoptera collected during the recent expedition of H.M.S. "Challenger." Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 11 (66): 402-428
Butler, 1884
The Lepidoptera collected during the recent expedition of H.M.S. "Challenger", Part II Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 13 (75) : 183-203
Butler, 1886
Notes on the Genus Terias, with Descriptions of new Species in the Collection of the British Museum Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 17 (99) : 212-225, pl. 5
Butler, 1898
A Revision of the Pierine Butterflies of the Genus Terias from the Old World Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 1 (1) : 56-82
Butler & Druce, 1872
Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera from Costa Rica Cistula ent. 1 (5): 95-118
Butler & Druce, 1874
List of the butterflies of Costa Rica, with descriptions of new species Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 330-370
Clench, 1942
A new Bahaman Eurema Mem. Soc. Cubana Hist. Nat. 16: 1-2
Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932
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Cramer, [1775]
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de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]
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Distant, 1886
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Distant & Pryer, 1887
On the Rhopalocera of Northern Borneo. Part I & II Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (109): 41-56 (112): 264-275
Donovan, 1805
An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite and other Islands in the Indian, Sothern and Pacific Oceans ... Epitome nat. Hist. Ins. New Holland: 41pls
Doubleday, 1847
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846) 19-132, pl. 4x, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847) 133-200, pl. 1x, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848) 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849) 243-250 [?] (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850) 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851) 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991
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Dyar, 1903
A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: xix, 723pp
Eliot, 1956
New and little known Rhopalocera from the Oriental Region Bull. Raffles Mus. 27: 32-38, 3 figs
Edwards, 1884
Description. of new species of butterflies mostly from Arizona Papilio 4 (3) : 53-58
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp
R. Felder, 1869
Diagnosen neuer von dem K. K. Oberlieutenant H. v. Hedemann in Mexico in den Jahren 1865-1867 gesammelter Lepidopteren. Erste Folge Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 19: 465-480
C. & R. Felder, 1861
Lepidoptera nova Columbiae Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (3): 72-87 (4): 97-111
C. & R. Felder, 1862
Observationes de Lepidoteris nonullis Chinae centralis et Japoniae. (1) Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (1): 22-32
C. & R. Felder, 1862
Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (2) Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9): 282-294
C. & R. Felder, [1865]
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867) (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Rhop./Het.) (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Het.) (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lepidopterologisches Pêle-Mêle. III. Bemerkungen zu FELDER's Terias-Typen Ent. Zs. 22 (15): 63-64 (11 July)
Fruhstorfer, 1910
2. Familie: Pieridae, Weisslinge in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 119-120 (1909) 121-144 (14 January, 1910) 145-152 (11 February, 1910) 153-168 (2 April, 1910) 169-176 (4 April, 1910) 177-190 (20 May, 1910)
Godman & Salvin, [1889]; Godman & Salvin, [1899]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1874
Descriptions of new species of butterflies collected by Mr. Buckley in Bolivia Descr. new Spec. Butts Buckley Bolivia: 22pp
Holland, 1892
Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera Entomologist 25 (Suppl.) : 89-95
Holland, 1896
List of the Lepidoptera Collected in Eastern Africa by Dr. W. L. Abbot, with descriptions of some apparently new Species Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1062) : 229-258, pl. 7-8
Hopffer, 1874
Beitrag zur Lepidoptera-Fauna von Celebes Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (1-3) : 17-47
Horsfield, [1829]
Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained in the Museum of the Horourable East-India Company, illustrated by coloured figures of new species Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 1-80, pl. 1-4 (1828) (2): 81-144, pl. 5-8, (expl.) [1-2] (1829)
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816) (2): 17-32 (1819) (3): 33-48 (1819) (4): 49-64 (1819) (5): 65-80 (1819) (6): 81-96 (1819) (7): 97-112 (1819) (8): 113-128 (1819) (9): 129-144 (1819) (10): 145-160 (1819) (11): 161-176 (1819) (12): 177-192 (1820) (13): 193-208 (1820) (14): 209-224 (1821) (15): 225-240 (1821) (16): 241-256 (1821) (17): 257-272 (1823) (18): 273-288 (1823) (19): 289-304 (1823) (20): 305-320 (1825) (21): 321-336 (1825) (22): 337-352 (1825) (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Geyer, 1837
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 5 [1833]-1837 in Hübner, Zuträge. Samml. exot. Schmett. 5 : [1-3], 4, [5], 6-52 (1837) pl. [138-151], f. 801-880 (1833) pl. [152-172], f. 881-1000 (1834 - 1836)
Kollar, 1850
Beiträge zur Insecten-Fauna von Neu-Granada und Venezuela Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 1: 351-364, pl. 42-45
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338 339-824
Linnaeus, 1764
Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque Mus. Lud. Ulr.: vi + 720 + [2]
Lucas, 1852
Description de nouvelles Espèces de Lépidoptères appartenant aux Collections entomologiques du Musée de Paris Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (3): 128-141 (1852) 4 (4): 189-198 (1852) 4 (6): 290-300 (1852) 4 (7): 324-343 (1852) 4 (9): 422-432, pl. 10 (1852) 5 (7): 310-322 (1853)
Lucas, 1892
On 34 new species of Australian Lepidoptera with additional localities, &c Proc. R. Soc. Qd 8 (3) : 68-94
Matsumura, 1919
Thousand Insects of Japan. Additamenta 3 Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3: 99-100? [4], 475-740, 1-34, +3, +2, pl. 26-53 + explics
Maynard, 1891
A Manual for North American Butterflies Man. N. Amer. Butt., app.: 215
Ménétriés, 1832
Catalogue de quelques Lépidoptères des Antilles avec la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 5: 291-316
Ménétriés, 1855
Enumeratio corporum animalium Musei Imperialis Academiae Scientiarum Petropilitanae. Classis Insectorum, Ordo Lepidopterorum Cat. lep. Petersb. 1: 1-66, pl. 1-6, (supplement) 67-112 (1855) 2: 67-97,99-144, pl. 7-14 (1857) 3: 145-161, pl. 15-18 (1863)
Moore, 1857
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1) : 1-278, pl. 1-11,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
Moore, 1872
Descriptions of new Indian Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 555-583, pl. 32-34
Moore, 1878
List of Lepidopterous Insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 695-708
Moore, 1882
List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra Discrict, N.W Hiamalaya; with Descriptions of new Genera and Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1) : 234-263, pl. 11-12
Moore, 1886
List of the Lepidoptera of Mergui and its Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 (1): 29-60, pls. 3-4
Morishita, 1968
Notes on the Butterflies of the Langkawi Islands, north-western extremity of Malaysia, with descriptions of new subspecies Tyô to Ga 19 (3-4): 61-69, 22figs
Morishita, 1981
New or unnamed butterflies from south east Asian islands (Lep. Pieridae, Danaidae) Memoirs of the Tsukada Collection, (3): 1-18, 3pls
Nakahara, 1922
Two new species of far eastern Rhopalocera Entomologist 55 : 123-124
Okubo, 1983
Butterflies of Tioman Island, West Malaysia, with the description of new species Tyô to Ga 33: 168-184, 47 figs
Poey, 1832
Centurie de Lépidoptères de l'ile de Cuba contenat la description et les figures coloriées de cent espèces de papillons nouveaux ou peu connus, réprésentés d'après nature, souvent avec la chenille, la chrysalide, et plusieurs détails microscopiques Centurie Lèpid. Cuba: 54pp, 20pls
Prittwitz, 1865
Beitrag zur Fauna des Coreovado Stettin Ent. Ztg 26 (4-6): 123-143 (10-12): 307-325
Reakirt, 1866
Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3) : 238-249
Rothschild, 1915
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Röber, [1909]
2. Familie: Pieridae, Weisslinge in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 5 : 53-56 (25 May 1908) 57-64 (26 Sep 1908) 65-72 (26 Nov 1908) 73-80 (16 Feb 1909) 81-88 (19 Feb 1909) 89-96 (26 Mar 1909) 97-104 (26 Apr 1909) 105-111 (21 May 1909)
Semper, 1891
Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen Reisen Philipp. (1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886) (2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887) (3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888) (4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889) (5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890) (6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891) (7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 [iv] (1892)
Staudinger, 1876
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Stoll, [1780]; Stoll, [1782]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780) (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781) (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)
Strecker, 1878
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Swainson, [1821]
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Talbot, 1939
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Vollenhoven, 1865
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Wallace, 1867
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