Biology:Delias eumolpe
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Delias eumolpe | |
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| In Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. eumolpe
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias eumolpe Grose-Smith, 1889[1]
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Delias eumolpe is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1889. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] It is endemic to Borneo.
The wingspan is about 74–88 mm for males and 80–94 mm for females. Adults may be distinguished by the red submarginal spots on the hindwing verso.[3]
Subspecies
- Delias eumolpe eumolpe (northern Borneo)
- Delias eumolpe masaeae Yagishita, 1993 (Mt Saran; Western Kalimantan)
References
- ↑ Grose-Smith, H. 1889. Descriptions of Ten More New Species of Butterflies Captured by Mr. John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3 (16): 312-319
- ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ↑ delias-butterflies
External links
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Wikidata ☰ Q3369785 entry
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