Delias weiskei | |
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Delias weiskei in Grose-Smith and Kirby Rhopalocera Exotica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Delias |
Species: | D. weiskei |
Binomial name | |
Delias weiskei | |
Synonyms | |
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Delias weiskei is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is endemic to New Guinea (Angabunga and Aroa Rivers). [2] The name honours Emil Weiske.
The wingspan is about 45–48 mm. Adults are similar to Delias leucias . [3]
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.
Graphium stresemanni is a vulnerable species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Seram. It closely resembles the related Graphium weiskei, a more common species from New Guinea but has been treated as a distinct species. It is rare. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1916.
Weiske's tiger is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Carl Heinrich Michael Ribbe was a German explorer and entomologist.
Graphium weiskei, the purple spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the swallowtail family; Papilionidae. It is found only in the highlands of New Guinea. These swallowtails live in elevations of 4,500 to 8,000 feet.
Pistoria is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The single species of this monotypic genus, Pistoria nigropunctata, is found in New Guinea.
Delias ennia, the yellow-banded Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and several surrounding islands.
Hypocysta aroa is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in New Guinea.
Graphium gelon is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in New Caledonia and the nearby Loyalty Islands.
Delias meeki is a butterfly from the family Pieridae. It occurs in seven subspecies in New Guinea. The specific name commemorates English naturalist Albert Stewart Meek who collected the type series in May 1903 at Owgarra north of head of the Aroa River in Papua New Guinea. It forms a species group with the sympatric species Delias niepelti
Emil Weiske was a German naturalist.
Delias iltis is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is endemic to New Guinea.
Delias itamputi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
Delias kummeri is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is found in New Guinea.
Delias niepelti is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is endemic to New Guinea. The name honours Friedrich Wilhelm Niepelt.
Delias aroae is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is found in New Guinea.
Delias eichhorni is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is found in New Guinea.
Delias clathrata is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is found in New Guinea.