Delias

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Delias
Temporal range: Miocene-Recent, inferred from molecular phylogeny
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Delias descombesi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Delias
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • CathaemiaHübner, [1819]
  • SymmachlasHübner, [1821]
  • HarpanotaSwainson, 1851
  • ThycaWallengren, 1858
  • PiccardaGrote, 1900

Delias is a genus of butterflies. There are about 250 species of the genus Delias, found in South Asia and Australia. The genus is considered to have its evolutionary origins in the Australian region. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Braby, M.F. and N.E. Pierce. 2006. Systematics, biogeography and diversification of the Indo-Australian genus Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): phylogenetic evidence supports an 'out-of-Australia' origin. Systematic Entomology (2007), 32
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