Delias poecilea
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Delias poecilea in Vollenhoven Essai d'une faune entomologique de l'archipel Indonéerlandais | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Delias |
Species: | D. poecilea
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Binomial name | |
Delias poecilea (Vollenhoven, 1865) [1]
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Delias poecilea is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1865. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]
The wingspan is about 62–70 mm. It is one of the largest species of the genus Delias. The female is quite dark and resembles the females of some of the isse and dorimene species groups.[3]
Subspecies
- D. p. poecilea (Halmahera, Bachan, Kasiruta, Mandioli)
- D. p. makikoae Yagishita, 1993 (Morotai)
References
- ^ Vollenhoven, 1865 Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais, Seconde monographie: Famille des Piérides Faune ent. 2 (Monogr. Pierid.) : 1–70, pl. 1-7
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ delias-butterflies
External links
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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- Delias
- Butterflies described in 1865
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