Delias salvini

Delias salvini
	In Henley Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera Exotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Delias
Species:	D. salvini
Binomial name
	Delias salvini; Butler, 1882

Delias salvini is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is endemic to New Britain (Australasian realm).^[2] The name honours Osbert Salvin.

Description

Delias Salvini, sp. n. Male: Near to D. bagoe (=eurygania) ; but the primaries [forewings] on both surfaces with a small curved oblique subapical white band in place of the large sulphur-yellow patch of D. bagoé ; the secondaries below with the crimson tapering submarginal band much more arched, so that its outer edge is almost parallel to the outer margm. Expanse of wings 65 millim.New Britain.

Taxonomy

salvini is a member of the hyparete species group.

References

^ Butler, 1882 Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Duke of York Island and New Britain Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 10 (55): 36–43, (56): 149–160, (57): 226–238
^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[1] Butler, 1882 Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Duke of York Island and New Britain Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 10 (55): 36–43, (56): 149–160, (57): 226–238

[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.

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