Eurema andersonii

Eurema andersonii, the one-spot grass yellow^[1] or Anderson's grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and other parts of Asia.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

One-spot grass yellow
Museum specimens from Malaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. andersonii
Binomial name
Eurema andersonii (Moore, 1886)
Synonyms
Terias andersonii Moore, 1886 Eurema andersoni inouei Shirôzu & Yata, 1981 Eurema andersoni borneensis Shirôzu & Yata, 1981

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

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

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

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

— Charles Swinhoe, Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VII^[5]

Subspecies and distribution

Subspecies are:^[2]

• E. a. andersoni (Moore, 1886) Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand and Indo-China
• E. a. godana (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Taiwan
• E. a. udana (Fruhstorfer, 1910) West Java
• E. a. ormistoni (Watkins, 1925) South India
• E. a. anamba (Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932) Anambas
• E. a. evansi (Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932) Andaman
• E. a. jordani (Corbet & Pendlebury, 1932) Sikkim and Bhutan
• E. a. konoyi (Morishita, 1973) Palawan
• E. a. nishiyamai (Shirôzu & Yata, 1981) Nias Island
• E. a. kashiwaii (Shirôzu & Yata, 1981) Sumba Island
• E. a. sadanobui (Shirôzu & Yata, 1982) Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, southern Vietnam, and southern Yunnan
• E. a. albida (Shirôzu & Yata, 1982) Borneo (Sarawak)
• E. a. shimai (Yata & Gaonkar, 1999) southern India^[6]

Life cycle

The larvae have been recorded on Ventilago goughii.^[7]

See also

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