Delias lativitta

Delias lativitta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Delias
Species:	D. lativitta
Binomial name
	Delias lativitta; Leech, 1893
Synonyms
	Delias shaanxiensis Chou, Zang, Wang, 2001; Delias patrua var. formosana Matsumura, 1909; Delias lativitta f. naga Tytler, 1939;

Delias lativitta is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1893 . It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

The wingspan is about 83–100 mm for males and 102–104 mm for females. Adults may be distinguished by the white cell patch on the upperside of the hindwings.^[3]

Subspecies[]

D. l. lativitta (western China)
D. l. formosana Matsumura, 1909 (China, Taiwan)
D. l. parva Talbot, 1937 (Bhutan)
D. l. naga Tytler, 1939 (Nagaland, N.E. India)
D. l. yunnana Talbot, 1937 (N.Yunnan, China)
D. l. tongi Mell, 1938 (Kuatun, north-western Fujian, China)
D. l. yuani Huang, 2000 (Metok SE Tibet)
D. l. shaanxiensis Chou, Zhang & Wang 2001 (Shaanxi, China)
D. l. nepalica Katayama, 2017 (Nepal)

D. l. tai Yoshino, 1999 has been synonymised in 2005 with D. l. yunnana Talbot, 1939

References[]

^ Leech, 1893 Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1–296, pl. 1-28 (1892–1894), (2): 297–681, pl. 29-43 (1893–1894)
^ 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
Delias lativitta at Olivier Pequin's Delias of the World

[1] Leech, 1893 Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1–296, pl. 1-28 (1892–1894), (2): 297–681, pl. 29-43 (1893–1894)

[2] Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

[3] s-butterflies

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