Identification Guide: Eurema of the Terias subgenus
Note that the sex brand is only a feature in males of certain species.
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Helpful scientific resources:
- Liseki, Steven D. & Richard I. Vane-Wright. 2013. Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae. Journal of Natural History. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.752542)
- Gardiner, Alan J. 2015. The presence of Eurema floricola (Boisduval, 1833) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in South Africa. Metamorphosis. (https://www.metamorphosis.org.za/?p=articles&s=Details&i=1330)
- Yata, Osamu. 1994. A Revision of the Old World Species of the Genus Eurema Hubner (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) Part IV. Description of the hecabe group. Bull. Kitakyusku Mus. Nat. Hist. (http://bionames.org/references/f4156280e79035abf3c57324800e0f0d)
- Yata, Osamu. 1995. A Revision of the Old World Species of the Genus Eurema Hubner (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) Part V. Description of the hecabe group. Bull. Kitakyusku Mus. Nat. Hist. (http://www.kmnh.jp/wp-content/themes/kmnh_jp/images/pdf/14-1-E-Yata.pdf)
Note that the specimens chosen to illustrate these species in Williams 2019 (" Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers - A Digital Encyclopaedia") are not always accurate.
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June 26, 2019 01:24 PM
cabintom,
June 26, 2019 01:24 PM
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@tonyrebelo Here you go! Please let me know if anything needs clarification.
@cabintom this is fantastic - thank you so much. lets hope I can retain some of this information
@snidge Now that I've put this together, I'll probably refer back to it myself. There's too many species of butterfly in Africa to remember all of the small differences. :)
Simply spectacular! Wonderful journal entry!
Super identification guide, thank you!
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