''Eurema simulatrix'', the changeable grass yellow, is a

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in the family

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. It is found from

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and the

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/ref> The length of the forewings is for males and for females. Adults have two cell spots on the underside of the forewings and a large, almost cleft, reddish-brown apical spot on the forewing.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: *''E. s. simulatrix'' (Philippines: Mindanao) *''E. s. princessae'' Morishita, 1973 (Palawan) *''E. s. tecmessa'' (de Nicéville & Martin,

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(southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, southern Thailand, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo) – de Nicéville's grass yellow *''E. s. sarinoides'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Sikkim to Burma, northern Thailand, Laos) – scarce changeable grass yellow *''E. s. littorea'' Morishita, 1968 (Langkawi) *''E. s. inouei'' Shirôzu & Yata, 1973 (Thailand, Cambodia, Indo-China) *''E. s. tiomanica'' Okubo, 1983 (Tioman) '' Eurema irena'' is sometimes treated as a subspecies of ''Eurema simulatrix''.

References

simulatrix Butterflies described in 1891 Butterflies of Singapore Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies of Java {{Pieridae-stub