Delias ninus

Delias ninus, the Malayan Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1867. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Delias ninus
Delias ninus alluviorum Fruhstorfer, 1905 in Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. ninus
Binomial name
Delias ninus
(Wallace, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Thyca ninus Wallace, 1867
  • Delias parthenia Staudinger, 1892

The wingspan is about 70–85 mm.[3]

Subspecies
  • Delias ninus alluviorum Fruhstorfer, 1905 (western Sumatra)
  • Delias ninus babai Yagishita, 1997 (Myanmar)
  • Delias ninus ninus (Peninsular Malaysia)
  • Delias ninus parthenia Staudinger, 1892 (northern Borneo)
  • Delias ninus saranensis Yagishita, 1993 (Mt. Saran, western Kalimantan)
  • Delias ninus shoujii Yagishita, 1993 (Mt. Bawang, western Kalimantan)
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References
  1. Wallace, A.R. 1867 On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian Regions Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3) 4 (3) : 301–416, pl. 6-9
  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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