Dercas verhuelli (van der Hoeven, 1839) is a animal in the Pieridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dercas verhuelli (van der Hoeven, 1839)

Dercas verhuelli (van der Hoeven, 1839)

Dercas verhuelli, the tailed sulphur, is a small pierid butterfly found across parts of South and East Asia.

Family
Genus
Dercas
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Dercas verhuelli (van der Hoeven, 1839)

Dercas verhuelli, commonly known as the tailed sulphur, is a small butterfly species. It belongs to Pieridae, the butterfly family that includes yellows and whites. This species can be found in India, Burma, China, Peninsular Malaya, and Indochina.

Photo: (c) Goofy Ko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Goofy Ko · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pieridae Dercas

More from Pieridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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