Delias duris
Delias duris is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861. It is found in the Australasian realm,[2] where it is only known from Ceram Island, Indonesia.
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| In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. duris |
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| Delias duris | |
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The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults may be distinguished from similar species by the hindwing having the discal area red, and the forewing cell yellow.[3]
References
- Hewitson, 1861; Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies: Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. [1]
- Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- delias-butterflies
External links
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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