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Eurema simulatrix
The Changeable Grass Yellow (Eurema simulatrix) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Burma to Sundaland and the Philippines.The habitat consists of secondary or disturbed habitats including forest clearings, roadsides and riverbanks, parks and gardens. The length of the forewings is 21–26 mm (0.83–1.0 in) for males and 19–25 mm (0.75–0.98 in) 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.
Newly emerged butterfly from the Palawan cherry plant.
There appears to be several subspecies of this butterfly. Leana has a similar spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/174... It looks like there's a mission you can add this to called Butterflies in the Philippines: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1555...
Spotted on Oct 10, 2013
Submitted on Oct 10, 2013
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