Delias madetes
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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. madetes
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Delias madetes is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]
The wingspan is about 75–85 mm.[3]
Subspecies[edit]
- Delias madetes madetes (New Ireland)
- Delias madetes honrathi Mitis, 1893 (New Britain)
- Delias madetes neohannoverana Rothschild, 1915 (New Hanover)
References[edit]
- ^ Godman & Salvin, 1878 Descriptions of some apparently new Species of Butterflies from New Ireland and New Britain, sent by the Rv. G. Brown Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 733–735
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ delias-butterflies
External links[edit]
Wikispecies has information related to Delias madetes.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms