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The Fairy Yellow, Barred Yellow or Barred Sulphur (''Eurema daira'') is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. 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== *''Eurema daira daira'' (Virginia, New York, Virginia, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida) *''Eurema daira palmira'' (Poey, ()) (West Indies, Cuba, Bahamas) *''Eurema daira eugenia'' (Wallengren, 1860) (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala) *''Eurema daira sidonia'' (R. Felder, 1869) (Mexico) *''Eurema daira lydia'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela, Colombia) *''Eurema daira macheti'' Brévignon, 1996 (French Guiana) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eurema daira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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