Delias echidna
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. echidna
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias echidna | |
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Delias echidna is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Serang) and the Australasian realm (Ambon); that is it is found on both sides of the Wallace line.[2]
The wingspan is about 64–70 mm.[3]
Subspecies[]
- D. e. echidna (Ceram)
- D. e. ambonensis Talbot, 1928 (Ambon)
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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