Delias microsticha

Species of butterfly

Delias microsticha
Delias microsticha flavopicta male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. microsticha
Binomial name
Delias microsticha
Rothschild, 1904[1]
Synonyms
  • Delias microsticha f. albifascia Talbot, 1924

Delias microsticha is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]

Subspecies

  • D. m. microsticha (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. m. flavopicta Jordan, [1912] (Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya)
  • D. m. serratula Toxopeus, 1955 Weyland Mountains through the Snow Mountains to the Central Mountains, Irian Jaya
  • D. m. weja Mastrigt, 2006 (Foja Mountains, Irian Jaya)

References

  1. ^ Rothschild, 1904 Lepidoptera from British New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek Novitates Zoologicae 11 (1) : 310–322, pl. 2-3
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Wikispecies has information related to Delias microsticha.
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Delias microsticha