Eurema brigitta

Small grass yellow
	Imago (above) and final instars (below)
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. brigitta
Binomial name
	Eurema brigitta; (Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
	Papilio brigitta Stoll, [1780]; Maiva sulphurea Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893; Xanthidia pulchella Boisduval, 1833; Terias drona Horsfield, [1829]; Terias senna C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Terias fruhstorferi Moore, 1906; Terias hainana Moore, 1878; Terias rubella Wallace, 1867; Papilio libythea Fabricius, 1798; Terias australis Wallace, 1867;

Upper side of male imago (above), showing the dark borders, and the pupa (below)

Eurema brigitta, the small grass yellow^[4]^[5] or broad-bordered grass yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. It is found in India, other parts of Asia, Australia and Africa.^[4]^[5]^[3]^[2]

^ Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Eurema brigitta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T159946A165246239. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T159946A165246239.en. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1905–1910). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VII. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 38–40.
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 247–248.
^ ^a ^b Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 69. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
^ ^a ^b Savela, Markku. "Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[1] Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Eurema brigitta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T159946A165246239. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T159946A165246239.en. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

[SwinhoeIndica-2] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1905–1910). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VII. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 38–40.

[bingham-3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 247–248.

[Smetacek-4] Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 69. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.

[funet-5] Savela, Markku. "Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

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Small grass yellow


Imago (above) and final instars (below)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Eurema
Species:	E. brigitta
Binomial name
*Eurema brigitta* (Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
Papilio brigitta Stoll, [1780] Maiva sulphurea Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893 Xanthidia pulchella Boisduval, 1833 Terias drona Horsfield, [1829] Terias senna C. & R. Felder, [1865] Terias fruhstorferi Moore, 1906 Terias hainana Moore, 1878 Terias rubella Wallace, 1867^[2] Papilio libythea Fabricius, 1798^[3] Terias australis Wallace, 1867

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Eurema brigitta

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