Delias dice

Delias dice is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1865. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm.[2]

Delias dice
In Vollenhoven's Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. dice
Binomial name
Delias dice
Synonyms
  • Pieris dice Vollenhoven, 1865
  • Delias mitisana Strand, 1916
  • Delias mitisana ab. pictula Strand, 1916
  • Delias mitisana f. leucana Strand, 1916
  • Delias dice f. nigroapicalis Roepke 1955

Subspecies
  • Delias dice dice (Central Irian Jaya)
  • Delias dice fulvoflava Rothschild, 1915 (Snow Mtns, Irian Jaya)
  • Delias dice latimarginata Joicey & Talbot, 1925 (Weyland Mtns, Irian Jaya)
  • Delias dice mitisana Strand, 1916 (Vogelkop, Irian Jaya & Waigeu Island)
  • Delias dice rectifascia Talbot, 1928 (Rossel Island)
  • Delias dice samarai Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (south-western Papua New Guinea)

References
  1. Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais, Seconde monographie: Famille des Piérides Faune ent. 2 (Monogr. Pierid.) : 1-70, pl. 1-7
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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