Delias duris
| Delias duris | |
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| In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. duris
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias duris | |
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Delias duris is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861. It is found in the Australasian realm,[2] where it is only known from Ceram Island, Indonesia.
The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults may be distinguished from similar species by the hindwing having the discal area red, and the forewing cell yellow.[3]
References[]
- ^ Hewitson, 1861; Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies: Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. [1]
- ^ 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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