Delias lytaea
| Delias lytaea | |
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| Delias lytaea in Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. lytaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias lytaea | |
Delias lytaea is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is endemic to the Bismark archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland and New Georgia).
Description
D. lytea Godm. is a charming, but rare species of the Bismarck Archipelago, without opaline gloss on the under surface, and also otherwise with duller colours, which present a mealy appearance. The female is more than twice as broadly margined with black as the male. New Pomerania (= New Britain). — Delias georgina Gr.-Sm. [nec C. & R. Felder] (54 b), from the Solomon Islands, appears to differ but very little.[2]
Subspecies
- D. l. lytaea
- D. l. smithi Talbot, 1928 [3] (New Georgia).
Taxonomy
lytaea is a member of the Delias isse species group
References
- ^ Godman & Salvin, 1878 Descriptions of some apparently new Species of Butterflies from New Ireland and New Britain, sent by the Rv. G. Brown Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 : 733-735
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Talbot, G. 1928 New forms of Delias (Lep. Pieridae) Bull. Hill Mus.. 2 (1) : 38-44
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Delias lytaea.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms