Delias alberti

Delias alberti is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Delias alberti
In Adalbert Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. alberti
Binomial name
Delias alberti
Rothschild, 1904[1]

The wingspan is about 64 mm. This species may be distinguished by the underside of the hindwings, bearing a submarginal row of orange spots in a black border, the rest of the wing being yellow.[3]

Subspecies

  • Delias alberti alberti (Choiseul Island)
  • Delias alberti guava Arora, 1983 (Bougainville Island)
  • Delias alberti tetamba Arora, 1983 (St. Isabel Island)

References

  1. Rothschild, W. 1904 New forms of butterflies Novitates Zoologicae 11 (2) : 452-455
  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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