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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

He is pretty! Now ID :-0

BTW: He is in the AW book under the wrong species.


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Small grass yellow? -O-


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Your butterfly and nan's from Kruger are not E. brigitta, but a sister species.

These are the joys of insect identification! There are several "Yellows".


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Clouded yellow butterfly -O-


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:no:

It is Eurema, but not E. brigitta.


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It's not a Eurema, not a Brigitta and not a cloudless :-? Phoebis rurina yellow Butterfly ? -O-


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It is Eurema.


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Aren't they yellow grass butterflies :-?


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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http://vmus.adu.org.za/vm_view_db.php?sp=LepiMAP-403080

http://vmus.adu.org.za/vm_view_db.php?sp=LepiMAP-402970

http://vmus.adu.org.za/vm_view_db.php?sp=LepiMAP-403010

Now look carefully and choose lol


BTW: There is a brandnew taxonomic change now (not yet implemented on the internet sources) - Old World Eurema are now placed in the genus Terias.


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