Delias madetes
| Delias madetes | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. madetes
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias madetes | |
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Delias madetes is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is found in the Australasian realm.
D. madetes Godm. & Salv. (53 a) is clearly proved by its under surface to belong to the descombesi-group and is one of the most attractive species of the genus. The upper surface of the male resembles that of aruna. Female above black with the orange-coloured discocellular patch which also occurs in aruna and 6 whitish submarginal spots. The central part and the inner margin of the hindwing dirty yellowish white. The distal margin broadly black, enclosing 6 washed-out yellowish patches. New Mecklenburg. [2] The wingspan is about 75–85 mm.[3]
Subspecies
- Delias madetes madetes (New Ireland)
- Delias madetes honrathi Mitis, 1893 [4] (New Britain)
- Delias madetes neohannoverana Rothschild, 1915 [5](New Hanover)
References
- ^ Godman & Salvin, 1878 Descriptions of some apparently new Species of Butterflies from New Ireland and New Britain, sent by the Rv. G. Brown Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 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.
- ^ delias-butterflies
- ^ Mitis, H. von 1893 Revision des Pieriden-Genus Delias Dt. ent. Z. Iris 6 (1): 97-144 (1893), (2): 145-153 (1894)
- ^ Rothschild, W. 1915 Notes on and Descriptions of Delias Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 15 (85) : 172-180
External links
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- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms