Delias geraldina
| Delias geraldina | |
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| In Henley Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. geraldina |
| Binomial name | |
| Delias geraldina Grose-Smith, 1894[1] | |
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Delias geraldina is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1894. It is found in the Australasian realm where it is endemic to New Guinea.[2]
The wingspan is about 70 mm. Males are white, the forewings with a black distal area not reaching the cell and narrowed to the tornus, its edge slightly curved and sharply defined. The hindwings are without a marginal border but with a fine black line on the margin. The fringes are black. Females are similar to the males, but with a yellow tinge. The black area of the forewings is usually broader. The hindwings have a narrow black marginal border which is wider anteriorly.[3]
Subspecies
- D. g. geraldina (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
- D. g. emilia Rothschild & Jordan, 1904 Oetakwa River, Irian Jaya
- D. g. masakoae Nakano, 1998 (Bintang, Kec Okbibab, Irian Jaya)
- D. g. onin Yagishita, 2003 (Fakfak, Irian Jaya)
- D. g. siderea Roepke, 1955 (Wamena, Irian Jaya)
- D. g. vaneechoudi Roepke, 1955 (Weyland Mountains & Paniai, Irian Jaya)
- D. g. vogelcopensis Yagishita, 1993 (Arfak & Wandammen Mountains, Irian Jaya)
References
- ↑ Grose-Smith, 1894 Descriptions of nine new species of butterflies, from the Sattelberg, near Finsch Hafen, German New Guinea, in the collections of the Honourable Walter Rothschild and H. Grose Smith, captured by Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton Novitates Zoologicae 1 (3): 585-590
- ↑ 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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