''Eurema ada'', the Talbot's Grass Yellow, is a species of butterfly in the genus ''

Eurema ''Eurema'' is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species range from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Oceania, to the New World. The type species is the North American barred yellow ('' Eurema daira''). Ther ...

''. It was discovered in northern

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and described in 1871. Its main distinctive features are that its ground color is pale sulfurous, not white, and the border margins on its wings are blacker and wider. Wingspan is 35 mm.

Known subspecies

Listed alphabetically: *''E. a. choui'' Gu, 1994 *''E. a. indosinica'' Yata, 1991 *''E. a. iona'' Talbot, 1939 *''E. a. prabha''

Fruhstorfer Hans Fruhstorfer (7 March 1866, in Passau, Germany – 9 April 1922, in Munich) was a German explorer, insect trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described new species of exotic butterflies, especially in A ...

*''E. a. toba'' ( de Nicéville),

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*''E. a. varga'' Fruhstorfer *''E. a. yaksha'' Fruhstorfer

References

ada Ada may refer to: Places Africa * Ada Foah, a town in Ghana * Ada (Ghana parliament constituency) * Ada, Osun, a town in Nigeria Asia * Ada, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Ada, Karaman, a village in Karaman Province, Tu ...

Butterflies described in 1887 Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies of Indochina {{Pieridae-stub