Delias echidna

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Delias echidna
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In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. echidna
Binomial name
Delias echidna
(Hewitson, 1861) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris echidnaHewitson, 1861

Delias echidna is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Serang) and the Australasian realm (Ambon); that is it is found on both sides of the Wallace line. [2]

Contents

The wingspan is about 64–70 mm. [3]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Hewitson, 1861; Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies: Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. [1]
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. delias-butterflies