Delias isse

Delias isse
In Pieter Cramer and Caspar Stoll's Uitlandsche Kapellen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. isse
Binomial name
Delias isse
(Cramer, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio isse Cramer, [1775]
  • Papilio isse f. bicolor Gmelin 1790
  • Thyca echo Wallace, 1867

Delias isse is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in the Australasian realm.(Moluccas)

D. isse Cr. (55 a), common on the South Moluccas.The underside hindwing has a varyingly broad blackish-brown band from termen inwards equipped with paler subapical spots. The disc and basal areas are yellow . The under surface of isse is similar to that of echo Wall. [now ssp.] (53 e), from Buru, but the hindwing has a yellowish area of almost double the width, extending beyond the cell, and the submarginal spots are twice as broad and ochre-yellow. [2] The wingspan is about 62–78 mm.[3]

Subspecies

  • D. i. isse (Ambon, Serang, Gisser, Banda Islands)
  • D. i. echo (Wallace, 1867) [4](Buru) underside forewing has a larger white area; small subapical spots.

Taxonomy

isse is the nominotypical member of the Delias isse species group.

References

  1. ^ Cramer, [1775] De Uitlandsche Kapellen: voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ delias-butterflies
  4. ^ Wallace A.R., 1867 On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian Regions Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3) : 301-416, pl. 6-9
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms