Dercas lycorias

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Plain sulphur
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Dercas
Species:
D. lycorias
Binomial name
Dercas lycorias
Doubleday
1842

Dercas lycorias, the "plain sulphur", is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae (colloquially the "yellows and whites"), which is found in India.

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References

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