Delias itamputi
| Delias itamputi | |
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| In Seitz | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. itamputi
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias itamputi | |
Delias itamputi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Sexes dimorphic, male above pure white with black, oblique, very broad apical spot. Female above as beneath, only with yellowish white base to both wings and in the distal margin of the hindwing without the subterminal row of white patches. Flies in May. Aroa River, British New Guinea.[2] The name from the Malayan - black-white.
References
- ^ Ribbe, 1900 Neue Lepidopteren aus Neu-Guinea Insekten-Börse 17 (39): 308, (42): 329-330, (44): 346
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Delias itamputi.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms