Delias candida
| Delias candida | |
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| Delias candida in Vollenhoven Monograph Pieridae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. candida
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias candida Vollenhoven, 1865 [1]
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Delias candida is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1865. It is found in the Australasian realm (Moluccas).
Description
With D. candida Voll. (55 b) begins the series of species peculiar to the Moluccas; candida has entirely white upper surface to both wings, through which, however, the black and yellow markings of the under surface are distinctly visible. Sexual dimorphism is very prominent in all the Moluccan species, compare the entirely black-grey female which only bears white submarginal spots. The underside hears brighter colours; the proximal half of the wings is yellowish grey, the distal half black, the forewing bears white submarginal lunules and the hindwing dark ochre-coloured ones. Batjan, Obi. Not rare.[2]
Subspecies
- Delias candida candida (Bachan, Kasiruta, Mandioli, Obi)
- Delias candida herodias Vollenhoven, 1865 [3] (Halmahera)
- Delias candida morotaiensis Morita, 1993 (Morotai)
Taxonomy
candida is a member of the Delias isse species group.
References
- ^ Vollenhoven, 1865 Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais, Seconde monographie: Famille des Piérides 2 : 1-70, pl. 1-7
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Vollenhoven, 1865 op. cit.
External links
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms