Delias hippodamia

Delias hippodamia
Delias hippodamia in Wallace On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian Regions
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Delias
Species: D. hippodamia
Binomial name
Delias hippodamia
(Wallace, 1867) [1]
Synonyms
  • Thyca hippodamia Wallace, 1867

Delias hippodamia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1867. It is endemic to Aru.[2]

The wingspan is about 68 mm. Adults are very similar to Delias biaka.[3]

References

  1. Wallace, 1867 On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian Regions Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3) : 301-416, pl. 6-9
  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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