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title: "Barred Yellow"
description: "Eurema daira — Insekten & Spinnen. Eurema daira, the fairy yellow, barred yellow or barred sulphur, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/barred-yellow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Barred Yellow

> Eurema daira — Insekten & Spinnen. Eurema daira, the fairy yellow, barred yellow or barred sulphur, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.

- Scientific name: *Eurema daira*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10390
- Wikidata: [Q1219381](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1219381)
- iNaturalist taxon: [67324](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67324)

## Names

- en: Barred Yellow
- es: Mariposa Amarilla Barrada
- fr: Soufré à trait arqué

## Countries with the most observations

US (5279), MX (3151), HN (99), NI (74), CR (59), PA (54), CO (22), CU (21), DO (20), PR (16), EC (15), BS (14)

## Summary

Eurema daira, the fairy yellow, barred yellow or barred sulphur, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1819. It is found from Argentina north to the southern United States. Strays can be found up to southern Arizona, South Dakota, southern Texas and even Washington, D.C.
The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing year round in the southern part of the range and in late summer and fall as vagrant.
The larvae feed on Fabaceae species, including Stylosanthes biflora and Aeschynomene species. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers including joint vetches…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurema_daira

## Photo

![Barred Yellow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/barred-yellow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Fernando Pérez Peralta · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90622424

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/barred-yellow?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).