Dercas
Encyclopedia
Dercas is a genus of butterfly
in the Pieridae
family found in southeast Asia.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
family found in southeast Asia.
Species
Listed alphabetically.- Dercas enara Swinhoe, 1899
- Dercas gobrias Hewitson, 1864
- Dercas lycoriasDercas lycoriasPlain Sulphur , Dercas lycorias is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India.-References:* Evans, W. H. The Identification of Indian Butterflies...
(Doubleday, 1842) – Plain Sulphur - Dercas nina Mell, 1913
- Dercas verhuelliDercas verhuelliTailed Sulphur , Dercas verhuelli is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India.-References:* Evans, W.H. The Identification of Indian Butterflies...
(Hoeven, 1839) – Tailed Sulphur