Biology:Delias microsticha

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Delias microsticha
Delias microsticha flavopicta - male.jpg
Delias microsticha flavopicta male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. microsticha
Binomial name
Delias microsticha
Rothschild, 1904[1]
Synonyms
  • Delias microsticha f. albifascia Talbot, 1924

Delias microsticha is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]

Subspecies

  • D. m. microsticha (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. m. flavopicta Jordan, [1912] (Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya)
  • D. m. serratula Toxopeus, 1955 Weyland Mountains, through the Snow Mountains to the Central Mountains, Irian Jaya
  • D. m. weja Mastrigt, 2006 (Foja Mountains, Irian Jaya)

References

  1. Rothschild, 1904 Lepidoptera from British New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek Novitates Zoologicae 11 (1) : 310–322, pl. 2-3
  2. Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2018425 entry