Biology:Delias euphemia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Delias euphemia
Delias euphemia female 1894.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. euphemia
Binomial name
Delias euphemia
Grose-Smith, 1894[1]

Delias euphemia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1894. It is found in the Australasian realm where it is endemic to Biak.[2]

The wingspan is about 55–65 mm.[3]

References

  1. Grose-Smith H., 1894 An Account of a Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera from New Guinea (Parts I-III) - made by Mr. W. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, and in neighbouring islands, in the Museum of the honourable Walter Rothschild at Tring, with descriptions of new species Novitates Zoologicae 1 (2): 331-365, (2): 543-551, (3): 571-584
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. delias-butterflies

External links

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13561196 entry