Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Coliadinae → genus Eurema → species Eurema hecabe

Species name(s)

Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio luzoniensis Linnaeus, 1764 = Papilio rahel Fabricius, 1787 = Papilio chrysopterus Gmelin, 1790 = Terias suava Boisduval, 1836 = Terias sinensis Lucas, 1852 = Terias hecabeoides Ménétriés, 1855 = Terias aesiope Ménétriés, 1855 = Terias anemone C. & R. Felder, 1862 = Terias nikobariensis Felder, 1862 = Terias fimbriata Wallace, 1867 = Terias hebridina Butler, [1876] = Terias inanata Butler, [1876] = Terias pumilaris Butler, [1876] = Terias lifuana Butler, 1877 = Terias sinapina Butler, 1877 = Terias arcuata Moore, 1878 = Terias attenuata Moore, 1878 = Terias subdecorata Moore, 1878 = Terias connexiva Butler, 1880 = Terias hybrida Butler, 1880 = Terias mariesii Butler, 1880 = Terias unduligera Butler, 1880 = Terias simulata Moore, [1881] = Terias apicalis Moore, 1882 = Terias excavata Moore, 1882 = Terias irregularis Moore, 1882 = Terias purrea Moore, 1882 = Terias multiformis Pryer, 1882 = Terias narcissus Butler, 1883 = Terias asphodelus Butler, 1884 = Terias curiosa Swinhoe, 1884 = Terias fraterna Moore, 1886 = Terias kana Moore, 1886 = Terias merguiana Moore, 1886 = Terias patruelis Moore, 1886 = Terias anguligera Butler, 1886 = Terias simplex Butler, 1886 = Terias swinhoei Butler, 1886 = Terias orientis Butler, 1888 = Terias aesiopeoides Moore, 1906 = Terias andamana Moore, 1907 = Terias blairiana Moore, 1907 = Terias hecabe stankapura Fruhstorfer, 1910 = Terias blanda acandra Fruhstorfer, 1910 = Terias enganica Fruhstorfer, 1910 = Terias locana Fruhstorfer, 1910 = Terias sintica Fruhstorfer, 1910 = Terias yaksha Fruhstorfer, 1910 = Terias paroeana Strand, 1922 = Terias rotundata Kishida, 1932 = Eurema cephrens Corbet, 1941 = Eurema telloana Corbet, 1941 = Eurema aesiope = Eurema hecabeoides = Eurema hecabe anemone = Eurema hecabe subdecorate = Eurema (Terias) hecabe = Terias maroensis Butler 1883 = Terias latimargo Hopffer, 1874 = Eurema hecabe magna Ribbe, 1898 = Eurema hecabe kerawara Ribbe, 1898. [9, 187]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Indo-Malayan.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, China, Japan, Formosa, Langkawi, Zap. Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Philippines [132].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan 35-50 mm (orig. Text: Exp. Wings, ♂ and ♀, 35 to 50 millim.). [162].
E. h. contubernalis: a wingspan of 41-43 mm (orig. text: Expanse, ♂ ♀ 1 6/10 to 1 7/10 inch). [163].
E. h. phoebus: wingspan 43 mm (orig. text: Expanse of wings 43 millim.). [165].

Subspecies of Eurema hecabe

Eurema hecabe albina Huang, 1994. [9]
E. h. amplexa (Butler, 1887). [9]
E. h. biformis (Butler, 1884). [9]
E. h. brevicostalis Butler. [9]
E. h. contubernalis (Moore, 1886). [9]
E. h. dentyris Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
E. h. diversa (Wallace, 1867). [9]
E. h. hecabe. [9]
E. h. hobsoni (Butler, 1880). [9]
E. h. kalidupa Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
E. h. kerawara Ribbe, 1898. [9]
E. h. latilimbata (Butler, 1886). [9]
E. h. latimargo Hopffer, 1874. [9]
E. h. maroensis (Butler, 1883). [9]
E. h. nivaria Fruhstorfer. [9]
E. h. oeta (Fruhstorfer, 1910). [9]
E. h. phoebus (Butler, 1886). [9]
E. h. pylos Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
E. h. sinda Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
E. h. solifera (Butler, 1875). [9]
E. h. sulphurata (Butler, [1876]). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Aleksey Gnilenkov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov, Fedor Ovechkin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[132] http://yutaka.it-n.jp/
[162] Distant, W. L. Rhopalocera Malayana: a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. London: West, Newman and Co., 1886
[163] Moore, F. List of the Lepidoptera of Mergui and its Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 (1) : 29-60, pl. 3-4, 1886.
[165] Butler, A. G. Notes on the Genus Terias, with Descriptions of new Species in the Collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 17 (99) : 212-225, pl. 5, 1886
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org