Delias caliban

Delias caliban is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1897. It is found in the Australasian realm where it is endemic to the D'Entrecasteaux Islands.[2]

Delias caliban
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. caliban
Binomial name
Delias caliban

The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults are white, the forewings with a black distal area not quite reaching the cell, and shaped as in D. ladas ladas. The hindwings have a black marginal border which is at least twice as wide as in ladas.[3]

Subspecies

  • D. c. caliban (Fergusson Island)
  • D. c. satisbona Rothschild, 1915 (Goodenough Island)

References

  1. Grose-Smith, H. 1897 Descriptions of further new Species of Butterflies from the Pacific Islands Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 19: 403-407
  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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