Delias echidna

Delias echidna
In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Delias
Species: D. echidna
Binomial name
Delias echidna
(Hewitson, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris echidna Hewitson, 1861

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

  1. ↑ Hewitson, 1861; Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies: Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. [1]
  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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