Chocolate grass yellow (Eurema sari)

Kupu-kupu belerang or sulfur butterfly or chocolate grass yellow (Eurema sari) are small butterfly species from the genus Eurema and members of the Pieridae family. Sulfur butterflies have a bright yellow color and slightly resemble the color of sulfur.

E. sari has wings wide from 36 to 42 mm (1.4–1.7 in) and different brown peaks at the bottom of the front wing. Light yellow wings with several brown dots, have brown plots and dots. One or two brown circles in the center of the wings surround white.

The back, head and eyes are purple, while the two antennas and proboscis are brown. The legs are yellow like the color of wings. Chocolate grass yellow butterfly always closes wings when alighting on a flower.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Eurema
Species: E. sari

Ralph Holzenthal caddisfly (Rhyacophila lignumvallis) from Corsica in Rhyacophila tristis (Schmid 1970) group

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Solanum chrysotrichum and Solanum torvum, the differences

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Guinea grass (Panicum maximum)

Guinea grass or buffalo grass or green panic ( Panicum maximum ) is a plant species in Poaceae, annual grasses, growing upright to form clumps, strong, cultivated in all tropical and subtropical regions for very high value as fodder. P. maximum reproduces in very large pols, fibrous roots penetrate into the soil, upright stems, green, 1-1.5 m tall and have smooth cavities for diameters up to 2.5 mm. Propagation is done vegetatively and generatively. Ribbon-shaped leaves with a pointed tip, very many, built in lines, green, 40-105 cm long, 10-30 mm wide, erect, branched, a white linear bone, often covered with a layer of white wax, rough surface by hair short, dense and spread. The flower grows at the end of a long and upright stalk, open with the main axis length to more than 25 cm and the length of the bunches down to 20 cm. Grains have a size of 3x4 mm and oval. Seeds have a length of 2.25-2.50 mm and each 1 kg contains 1.2 - 1.5 million seeds. Guinea grass has two varieties. P...

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