Delias baracasa

Delias baracasa
Delias baracasa in Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Delias
Species: D. baracasa
Binomial name
Delias baracasa
Semper, 1890[1]
Synonyms
  • Delias karo Hagen, 1894
  • Delias dives de Nicéville, 1897
  • Delias danala de Nicéville, 1893
  • Delias cathara Grose-Smith, 1893

Delias baracasa is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1890. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

The wingspan is about 50 mm. Adults may be distinguished by the blackened vein markings on the underside of the hindwings.[3]

Subspecies

  • D. b. baracasa (Malaysia, Philippines: Mindanao)
  • D. b. basilana Schroeder & Treadaway, 2008 (Philippines: Basilan)
  • D. b. benguetana Inomata, 1979 (Philippines)
  • D. b. cathara Grose-Smith, 1893 (Borneo)
  • D. b. danala (de Nicéville, 1893) (north-eastern Sumatra, south-western Sumatra)
  • D. b. dives de Nicéville, 1897 (Peninsular Malaysia)
  • D. b. kalimantana Yagishita, 1993 (western Kalimantan: Mt.Saran)

References

  1. ↑ Semper, 1890 Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen Reisen Philipp. (1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886), (2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887), (3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888), (4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889), (5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890), (6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891), (7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 [iv] (1892)
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ↑ delias-butterflies
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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