Delias melusina
Appearance
Delias melusina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Delias |
Species: | D. melusina
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Binomial name | |
Delias melusina Staudinger, 1890[1]
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Delias melusina is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1890. It is found in the Australasian realm,[2] where it is endemic to Sulawesi.
The wingspan is about 78 mm.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Staudinger, 1890 Bemerkungen zu den Tafeln III und IV Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 3 (2) : 337–338, pl. 3-4
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ delias-butterflies
External links
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- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms