Delias nais

Delias nais
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Delias
Species: D. nais
Binomial name
Delias nais
Jordan, 1912[1]
Synonyms
  • Delias bornemanni nais Jordan, 1912
  • Delias bornemanni rubrina van Eecke, 1915
  • Delias nais denigrata Joicey & Talbot, 1922
  • Delias nais holophaea Roepke, 1955
  • Delias zebra Roepke, 1955
  • Delias zebra var. reducta Roepke, 1955
  • Delias zebra takanamii Yagishita, 1993
  • Delias denigrata maruyamai Yagishita, 1993
  • Delias nais entima Talbot, 1937
  • Delias nais maprikensis Yagishita, 1993

Delias nais is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1912. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is about 65 mm. The forewings of the males have a white area reaching at least the lower angle of the cell and sometimes extended to beyond the end of the cell, it also extends to near the tornus. The hindwings have a narrow black marginal border. The black distal area on the forewings of the females is more extended black, and the border of the hindwings is wider. The white areas are slightly yellow-tinged.[3]

Subspecies

  • D. n. nais (Mount Goliath, Central Mountains, Irian Jaya: Western & Southern Highland Provinces, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. n. aegle Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. n. beehleri van Mastrigt 2011 (Foja Mounts, West Papua)
  • D. n. keysseri Rothschild, 1925 Rawlinson Mtns, Papua New Guinea
  • D. n. odilae Gotts & Ginn, 2004 (Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea)

References

  1. ↑ Jordan, 1912 On new or little-known Delias from New Guinea Novitates Zoologicae 18 (3): 580–593
  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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