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Delias poecilea

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Species of butterfly

Delias poecilea
Delias poecilea in Vollenhoven Essai d'une faune entomologique de l'archipel Indonéerlandais
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species: D. poecilea
Binomial name
Delias poecilea
(Vollenhoven, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Pieris poecilea Vollenhoven, 1865
  • Delias poecila
  • Delias poecila f. guentheri Kalis, 1933

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.

The wingspan is about 62–70 mm.

Subspecies

  • D. p. poecilea (Halmahera, Bachan, Kasiruta, Mandioli)
  • D. p. makikoae Yagishita, 1993 (Morotai)

References

  1. 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
  2. Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. delias-butterflies

External links

  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Delias poecila
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