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Eurema daira


Family: Pieridae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Eurema daira, the fairy yellow, barred yellow or barred sulphur, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1819. It is found from Argentina north to the southern United States. Strays can be found up to southern Arizona, South Dakota, southern Texas and even Washington, D.C.

The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing year round in the southern part of the range and in late summer and fall as vagrant.

The larvae feed on Fabaceae species, including Stylosanthes biflora and Aeschynomene species. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers including joint vetches and shepherd´s needle, and are the principal pollinators of Cnidoscolus urens.

Subspecies: 
  • E. d. daira (Virginia, New York, Virginia, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida)
  • E. d. palmira (Poey, [1852]) (West Indies, Cuba, Bahamas)
  • E. d. eugenia (Wallengren, 1860) (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala)
  • E. d. sidonia (R. Felder, 1869) (Mexico)
  • E. d. lydia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela, Colombia)
  • E. d. macheti Brévignon, 1996 (French Guiana)

Source: Wikipedia, article Eurema daira. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
74508612/08/2017ColombiaCundinamarcaInspección de Montecristo, Gachalá4Sergio Adrián Murillo M
74506808/08/2017ColombiaCundinamarcaInspección de Montecristo, Gachalá16Sergio Adrián Murillo M
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Eurema daira – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 02/10/2026.