Delias isocharis

Delias isocharis
Delias isocharis isocharis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. isocharis
Binomial name
Delias isocharis

Delias isocharis is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1907. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is about 40–43 mm. Adults are similar to Delias ligata..[3]

Subspecies

  • D. i. isocharis (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. i. latiapicalis Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya)

References

  1. ^ Rothschild W. & Jordan K., 1907 Lepidopteren aus Neu-Guinea Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1907: 189–198
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ^ delias-butterflies
Wikispecies has information related to Delias isocharis.
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.