Delias albertisi

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Delias albertisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. albertisi
Binomial name
Delias albertisi
(Oberthür, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris albertisi Oberthür, 1880
  • Delias albertisi f. africanus Kenrick, 1911

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ^ delias-butterflies

External links[edit]

  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms