Eurema alitha

Eurema alitha, the scalloped grass yellow, is a butterfly species in the genus Eurema. It was first described as Terias alitha^[1] by father and son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1862.^[2] It is found in Southeast Asia.

Scalloped grass yellow
E. a. zita, from Sungai Pontolo, North Gorontalo, Sulawesi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. alitha
Binomial name
Eurema alitha (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
Synonyms
Terias invida Butler, 1883 Eurema zita

Subspecies

• E. a. alitha (Mindanao)
• E. a. basilana (Basilan)
• E. a. djampeana (Tanah Jampea)
• E. a. esakii (Taiwan)
• E. a. garama (Sulu Islands)
• E. a. gradiens (northern Borneo)
• E. a. jalendra (Palawan)
• E. a. novaguineensis (Papua, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
• E. a. samarana (Samar)
• E. a. sanama (Sulu Islands)
• E. a. sangira (Sangi)
• E. a. zita (Sulawesi)
• E. a. lorquini (Sulawesi)