Delias candida
| Delias candida | |
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| Delias candida in Vollenhoven Monograph Pieridae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. candida
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias candida Vollenhoven, 1865 [1]
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Delias candida is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1865. It is found in the Australasian realm[2] (Obi, Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai).
The wingspan is about 70–84 mm. Adults can be distinguished by the large submarginal white spots on the underside of the forewings (which are cream in females). The underside of the hindwings differs markedly between the sexes. In males, they are predominantly white and yellow with orange submarginal spots, whilst those of the females are black with a dusting of yellow and the same orange spots.[3]
Subspecies[]
- Delias candida candida (Bachan, Kasiruta, Mandioli, Obi)
- Delias candida herodias Vollenhoven, 1865 (Halmahera)
- Delias candida morotaiensis Morita, 1993 (Morotai)
References[]
- ^ Vollenhoven, 1865 Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais, Seconde monographie: Famille des Piérides Faune ent. 2 (Monogr. Pierid.) : 1-70, pl. 1-7
- ^ 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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Categories:
- Delias
- Butterflies described in 1865
- Butterflies of Indonesia
- Taxa named by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven