''Eurema sari'', the chocolate grass yellow, is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family (biology), family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from Afrotropical realm, tropical Africa and Indomalayan realm, tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern ...

. It is found in

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is . Adults have a distinct brown apex on the underside of the forewing. The larvae feed on

Leguminosae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

species. File:Eurema sari sodalis dorsal.jpg, Dorsal view File:Eurema sari sodalis ventral.jpg, Ventral view

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: *''Eurema sari curiosa'' (Swinhoe, 885 – (India) *''Eurema sari obucola'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) – (southern Borneo, Natuna, Palawan) *''Eurema sari sari'' – (Java) *''Eurema sari sodalis'' (Moore, 1886) – (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, northern Borneo) *''Eurema sari thyreus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) – (Enggano)

References

sari A sari (also called sharee, saree or sadi)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * is a drape (cloth) and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. It consists of an un-sti ...

Butterflies described in 1829 Butterflies of Singapore Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies of Malaysia Butterflies of Java Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield {{Pieridae-stub