Delias mira

Delias mira is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]

Delias mira
Delias mira roepke
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. mira
Binomial name
Delias mira
Rothschild, 1904[1]
Synonyms
  • Delias mira reissingeri van Mastrigt, 1996
  • Delias mira mavrodii Tuzov & Churkin, 1998

The wingspan is about 60 mm.[3]

Subspecies
  • 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)
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References
  1. Rothschild, 1904 Lepidoptera from British New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek Novitates Zoologicae 11 (1) : 310–322, pl. 2-3
  2. Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. delias-butterflies
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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