Delias periboea
| Delias periboea | |
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| Delias periboea periboea male Java | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. periboea |
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| Delias periboea (Godart, 1819)[1] | |
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Delias periboea is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It was described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1819. It is found in both the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm; East and West of the Wallace line.[2]
The wingspan is about 62-74 mm. Adults have white submarginal spots on the upper forewings and there is a tiny red subcellular spot on the underside of the hindwings, which is only rarely absent.[3]
Subspecies
- D. p. periboea (Java, Kangean Islands)
- D. p. alorensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Alor)
- D. p. floresiana Roepke, 1954 (Flores)
- D. p. livia Fruhstorfer, 1896 (Lombok)
- D. p. atakei Nakano, 1993 (Kangean)
- D. p. pagenstecheri Fruhstorfer, 1896 (Sumba)
- D. p. wallacei Rothschild, 1892 (Bali)
References
- ↑ Godart, 1819 Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
- ↑ 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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