Delias mira
| Delias mira | |
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| Delias mira roepke | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. mira
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias mira Rothschild, 1904[1]
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Delias mira is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]
The wingspan is about 60 mm.[3]
Subspecies[]
- D. m. mira (Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea)
- D. m. cieko Arima, 1996 (Baliem, Pass Valley, Star Mountains)
- D. m. excelsa Jordan, 1930 (New Guinea, Herzog Mountains)
- D. m. flabella van Mastrigt, 1995 (Irian Jaya)
- D. m. reversa Rothschild, 1925 (New Guinea, Sattleburg, Rawlinson Mountains)
- D. m. roepkei Sanford & Bennett, 1955 (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
References[]
- ^ Rothschild, 1904 Lepidoptera from British New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek Novitates Zoologicae 11 (1) : 310–322, pl. 2-3
- ^ 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 1904
- Endemic fauna of New Guinea