Gandaca harina, the tree yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in India, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Indonesia. The species was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1829.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Gandaca |
| Species: | G. harina
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| Binomial name | |
| Gandaca harina (Horsfield, 1829)
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Subspecies edit
- Gandaca harina assamica Moore, 1906 – (Assam, Sikkim, Bengal)[2]
- Gandaca harina andamana Moore, 1906 – (Andaman)[2]
- Gandaca harina nicobarica Evans, 1932 – (Nicobar)[2]
- Gandaca harina harina – (Java)[2]
- Gandaca harina burmana Moore, 1906 – (S.Burma, Thailand - S.Vietnam)[2]
- Gandaca harina auriflua Fruhstorfer, 1899 – (Sula Is., Banggai)[2]
- Gandaca harina distanti Fruhstorfer, 1910 – (Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, Sumatra)[2]
- Gandaca harina austrosundana Fruhstorfer, 1910 – (Lombok)[2]
References edit
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- ^ Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 68. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Savela, Markku. "Gandaca harina (Horsfield, [1829])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
- Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647.
- Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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