Biology:Delias dice

Short description: Species of butterfly

Delias dice
In Vollenhoven's Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Delias
Species:	D. dice
Binomial name
Delias dice (Vollenhoven, 1865
Synonyms
Pieris dice Vollenhoven, 1865 Delias mitisana Strand, 1916 Delias mitisana ab. pictula Strand, 1916 Delias mitisana f. leucana Strand, 1916 Delias dice f. nigroapicalis Roepke 1955

Delias dice is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1865. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm.

Subspecies

• Delias dice dice (Central Irian Jaya)
• Delias dice fulvoflava Rothschild, 1915 (Snow Mtns, Irian Jaya)
• Delias dice latimarginata Joicey & Talbot, 1925 (Weyland Mtns, Irian Jaya)
• Delias dice mitisana Strand, 1916 (Vogelkop, Irian Jaya & Waigeu Island)
• Delias dice rectifascia Talbot, 1928 (Rossel Island)
• Delias dice samarai Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (south-western Papua New Guinea)

External links

• Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q2004272 entry