Barred Yellow

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.

This is a highly variable species that has different forms, each of which varies with wet and dry season forms as well. Males are typically either yellow or white with a thick black boarder on forewing and hindwing dorsally. They also have a thick bar at the base of the forewing. Males of form “palmira” have a yellow forewing and a white hindwing. The black bar on the females is faint or not present at all. Ventral side varies from white to yellow to a rust-colored orange.

Wingspan: 12-19 mm.

Barred Yellow