Small Grass Yellow//Broad-bordered grass yellow
Eurema brigitta rubella (Wallace, 1867) — കുഞ്ഞിപ്പാപ്പാത്തി Photo: Anila Manalil Malayalam Name: കുഞ്ഞിപ്പാപ്പാത്തി Family:Pieridae Sub Family:Coliadinae Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moth) DISTRIBUTION: STATUS: HABITAT : HABIT: IDENTIFICATION FEATURES: Wet-season form: Male. Upper-side somewhat paler yellow. Fore-wing with the outer marginal black band; the apical edge of costa and the cilia rosy-red. Hind-wing with the black outer band somewhat narrower, macular, the decreasing portions each with a more prolonged inner-tooth, and the yellow ground-colour between each extending to the outer edge. Underside pale yellow, the fore-wing also having a very slightly defined sub-apical inwardly-oblique squamous streak. Fore-wing with the entire costal edge and outer marginal cilia, and also the outer marginal cilia of the hind-wing, rosy-red. Dry-season form: Both sexes much smaller than in intermediate form. Cilia paler. Male. Fore-wing above with the in...