Delias poecilea

Delias poecilea
Delias poecilea in Vollenhoven Essai d'une faune entomologique de l'archipel Indonéerlandais
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. poecilea
Binomial name
Delias poecilea
Synonyms
  • Pieris poecilea Vollenhoven, 1865
  • Delias poecila
  • Delias poecila f. guentheri Kalis, 1933

Delias poecilea 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

D. poecilia Voll. (54 d). Hitherto only known from the northern Moluccas. The red submarginal band of the hindwing beneath narrower than in edela subsp. nov. (54 d) from Obi. an island form which shows above a broad deep black apical area with 5 white oblong spots and very broad black border to the hindwing, at the distal margin of which are scattered 6 white dots. The female is unknown. [2] The wingspan is about 62–70 mm.[3]

Subspecies

  • D. p. poecilea (Halmahera, Bachan, Kasiruta, Mandioli)
  • D. p. makikoae Yagishita, 1993 (Morotai)

Taxonomy

poecilea is a member of the hyparete species group.


References

  1. ^ Vollenhoven, 1865 Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais, Seconde monographie: Famille des Piérides Faune ent. 2 (Monogr. Pierid.) : 1–70, pl. 1-7
  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
Wikispecies has information related to Delias poecila.
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