Delias mira
| Delias mira | |
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| Delias mira roepke | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. mira |
| Binomial name | |
| Delias mira Rothschild, 1904[1] | |
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Delias mira is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]
The wingspan is about 60 mm.[3]
Subspecies
- D. m. mira (Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea)
- D. m. cieko Arima, 1996 (Baliem, Pass Valley, Star Mountains)
- D. m. excelsa Jordan, 1930 (New Guinea, Herzog Mountains)
- D. m. flabella van Mastrigt, 1995 (Irian Jaya)
- D. m. reversa Rothschild, 1925 (New Guinea, Sattleburg, Rawlinson Mountains)
- D. m. roepkei Sanford & Bennett, 1955 (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
References
- ↑ Rothschild, 1904 Lepidoptera from British New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek Novitates Zoologicae 11 (1) : 310-322, pl. 2-3
- ↑ 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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