Delias poecilea

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Delias poecilea
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Delias poecilea in Vollenhoven Essai d'une faune entomologique de l'archipel Indonéerlandais
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. poecilea
Binomial name
Delias poecilea
(Vollenhoven, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris poecileaVollenhoven, 1865
  • Delias poecila
  • Delias poecila f. guentheriKalis, 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. [2]

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The wingspan is about 62–70 mm. It is one of the largest species of the genus Delias . The female is quite dark and resembles the females of some of the isse and dorimene species groups. [3]

Subspecies

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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
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