Delias echidna
| Delias echidna | |
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| In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. echidna |
| Binomial name | |
| Delias echidna (Hewitson, 1861)[1] | |
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Delias echidna is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Serang) and the Australasian realm (Ambon); that is it is found on both sides of the Wallace line. [2]
The wingspan is about 64-70 mm.[3]
Subspecies
- D. e. echidna (Ceram)
- D. e. ambonensis Talbot, 1928 (Ambon)
References
- ↑ Hewitson, 1861; Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies: Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. [1]
- ↑ 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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