Eurema hiurai

MORPHOLOGY


External characteristics


Male 

Forewings: The upper side wing surface has a lemon yellow ground-colour, which lacks the greenish tinge. The forewing underside has a subapical spot (Yata and Morishita, 1979). Hindwings The hindwing upper side has a black border, with is almost uniform in width (Yata and Morishita, 1979).

Female  
The female has a dark square subapical spot on the forewing underside. The ground-colour is a milky white (Yata and Morishita, 1979).  

Subspecies and variation

 
Two subspecies are described (Yata and Morishita, 1979).

Similar species

The female genitalia are similar to those of ssp. lacteola (Yata and Morishita, 1979).

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