Delias candida

Species of butterfly

Delias candida

Delias candida in Vollenhoven Monograph Pieridae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Delias
Species:	D. candida
Binomial name
*Delias candida* Vollenhoven, 1865 ^[1]
Synonyms
Pieris candida Vollenhoven, 1865 Pieris herodias Vollenhoven, 1865 Delias candida antissa Fruhstorfer, 1913 Delias candida teuthrania Fruhstorfer, 1913

Delias candida is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1865. It is found in the Australasian realm^[2] (Obi, Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai).

Subspecies

Delias candida candida (Bachan, Kasiruta, Mandioli, Obi)
Delias candida herodias Vollenhoven, 1865 (Halmahera)
Delias candida morotaiensis Morita, 1993 (Morotai)

References

^ Vollenhoven, 1865 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
^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Delias candida.

Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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