Delias echidna
Species of butterfly
Delias echidna | |
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In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Delias |
Species: | D. echidna |
Binomial name | |
Delias echidna (Hewitson, 1861)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Delias echidna is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Serang) and the Australasian realm (Ambon); that is it is found on both sides of the Wallace line.[2]
The wingspan is about 64–70 mm.[3]
Subspecies
- D. e. echidna (Ceram)
- D. e. ambonensis Talbot, 1928 (Ambon)
References
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Delias echidna.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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