| Delias albertisi | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. albertisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias albertisi | |
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Delias albertisi is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1880 and is found in New Guinea. [2]
The wingspan is about 50–60 mm. Adults are easily distinguished by the yellow subbasal band on the underside of the hindwings. [3]
Subspecies
- Delias albertisi albertisi (West Irian: Arfak Mountains)
- Delias albertisi albiplaga Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (West Irian: Weyland Mountains)
- Delias albertisi discoides Talbot, 1937 (Irian Jaya: Jayapura, Cyclops Mountains)
References
- ^ Oberthür, 1880 Étude sur les collections de Lépidoptéres Océanicens appartenant au Musée Civique de Génes Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova 15 : 461-530, pl. 2-4
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ delias-butterflies
External links
Wikispecies has information related to
Delias albertisi.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms