• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Tailed Orange
  Español	Amarilla jamaiquina
  Español	Mariposa de Puntas Naranjas

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Eurema proterpia	Fabricius, 1775
  Papilio proterpia	Fabricius, 1775
  Terias gundlachia	Poey, 1853
  Terias longicauda	Bates, 1864
  Eurema watsonia	Klots, 1923
  Eurema morleyi	Coxey, 1932
  Terias imitatrix	d'Almeida, 1932

• Pyrisitia proterpia is a member of the clade Eurema pyrisitia:

• Species	Author
  Pyrisitia chamberlaini	(A. Butler, 1898)
  Pyrisitia dina	(Poey, 1832)
  Pyrisitia euterpiformis	(Munroe, 1947)
  Pyrisitia leuce	(Boisduval, 1836)
  Pyrisitia lisa	(Boisduval & Leconte, [1830])
  Pyrisitia messalina	(Fabricius, 1787)
  Pyrisitia nise	(Cramer, 1775)
  Pyrisitia portoricensis	(Dewitz, 1877)
  Pyrisitia proterpia	(Fabricius, 1775)
  Pyrisitia pyro	(Godart, 1819)
  Pyrisitia venusta	(Boisduval, 1836)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Butterflies and Moths of North America
  	Butterflies of America	A.Warren, K.Davis, M.Stangeland
  	Butterflies of Cuba	Tim Norriss
  	North American Moth Photographers Group

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