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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. caliban |
| Binomial name | |
| Delias caliban Grose-Smith, 1897[1] | |
Subspecies
- D. c. caliban (Fergusson Island)
- D. c. satisbona Rothschild, 1915 (Goodenough Island)
References
- 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
- Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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