Delias mira
Appearance
Delias mira | |
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Delias mira roepke | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Delias |
Species: | D. mira
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Binomial name | |
Delias mira Rothschild, 1904[1]
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Delias mira is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]
The wingspan is about 60 mm.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- D. m. mira (Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea)
- D. m. cieko Arima, 1996 (Baliem, Pass Valley, Star Mountains)
- D. m. excelsa Jordan, 1930 (New Guinea, Herzog Mountains)
- D. m. flabella van Mastrigt, 1995 (Irian Jaya)
- D. m. reversa Rothschild, 1925 (New Guinea, Sattleburg, Rawlinson Mountains)
- D. m. roepkei Sanford & Bennett, 1955 (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
References
[edit]- ^ Rothschild, 1904 Lepidoptera from British New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek Novitates Zoologicae 11 (1) : 310–322, pl. 2-3
- ^ 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