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Species of butterfly

Delias schoenbergi
Delias schoenbergi in Novitates Zoologicae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species: D. schoenbergi
Binomial name
Delias schoenbergi
Rothschild, 1895
Synonyms
  • Delias schönbergi Rothschild, 1895

Delias schoenbergi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1895. It is found in the Australasian realm.

The wingspan is about 65–70 mm.

Subspecies

  • D. s. schoenbergi (Bougainville)
  • D. s. choiseuli Rothschild, 1904 (Choiseul)
  • D. s. isabellae Rothschild & Jordan, 1901 (Santa Isabel)

Etymology

The species is named for Wolf von Schönberg a collector from Naumburg who acquired specimens from German colonists in Borneo (1889/90), German New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago (1892/1902).

References

  1. Rothschild W. Two new species of Rhopalocera from the Solomon Islands Novit. Zool. 2 (2): 161–162, pl. 8
  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 schoenbergi
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