Species

Eurema (Terias) alitha (Felder & Felder, 1862)

    alitha Felder & Felder, 1862

Original Description

Terias species alitha Felder & Felder, 1862

Type specimen(s)

Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST (♂, C. Semper leg., presumably coll. C. & R. Felder)
Current depository: BMNH, London ?

Type locality

Type locality as cited in original description: "Mindanao"
Current country: Philippines

Taxonomic history

Originally described as Terias species alitha Felder & Felder, 1862
Treated as a species of Eurema by Treadaway (1995: 21). Treated as a species of Eurema Hübner, 1819 (Terias Swainson, 1821) by Vane-Wright & de Jong (2003: 98).

Remarks

In the original description, the name is attributed to Hopffer as "Terias Alitha Hoppf. in litt.".