Delias

Delias is a genus of butterflies. There are about 250 species of the genus Delias, found in South Asia and Australia. The genus is considered to have its evolutionary origins in the Australian region.[1]

This article is about the genus of butterflies. For the clothing company, see Delia's.

Delias
Temporal range: Miocene-Recent,
Delias descombesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Delias
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Cathaemia Hübner, [1819]
  • Symmachlas Hübner, [1821]
  • Harpanota Swainson, 1851
  • Thyca Wallengren, 1858
  • Piccarda Grote, 1900

Species
  • The singhapura species group
  • The nysa species group
    • Delias battana Fruhstorfer, 1896 Sulawesi
    • Delias blanca (Felder, C & R Felder, 1862) Philippines and Borneo
    • Delias dice (van Vollenhoven, 1865)
    • Delias dumasi Rothschild, 1925 Buru
    • Delias enniana Oberthür, 1880
    • Delias fruhstorferi (Honrath, 1891)
    • Delias ganymedes Okumoto, 1981
    • Delias georgina (Felder, C & R Felder, 1861)
    • Delias hempeli Dannatt, 1904 Halmaheira
    • Delias lemoulti Talbot, 1931 Timor
    • Delias manuselensis Talbot, 1920 Serang, Ambon
    • Delias maudei Joicey & Noakes, 1915 Biak
    • Delias momea (Boisduval, 1836) Sumatra, Java
    • Delias nuydaorum Schröder, H, 1975
    • Delias nysa (Fabricius, 1775)
    • Delias pulla Talbot, 1937 New Guinea
    • Delias ribbei Röber, 1886 Aru
    • Delias schoenigi Schröder, H, 1975
    • Delias schuppi Talbot, 1928 Serang
    • Delias vietnamensis Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000 Vietnam, Cambodia
    • Delias waterstradti Rothschild, 1915 Halmaheira
  • The chrysomelaena species group
    • Delias caliban Grose-Smith, 1897
    • Delias chrysomelaena (van Vollenhoven, 1866) Halmahera, Bachan
    • Delias ladas Grose-Smith, 1894
    • Delias talboti Joicey & Noakes, 1915 Biak
    • Delias totila Heller, 1896 New Britain
  • The stresemanni species group
    • Delias lecerfi Joicey & Talbot, 1922 New Guinea
    • Delias schmassmanni Joicey & Talbot, 1923 Buru
    • Delias stresemanni Rothschild, 1915 Serang
  • The geraldina species group
    • Delias abrophora Roepke, 1955 New Guinea
    • Delias anjae Schroder, 1977
    • Delias argentata Roepke, 1955 New Guinea
    • Delias aroae (Ribbe, 1900)
    • Delias cuningputi (Ribbe, 1900) New Guinea
    • Delias jordani Kenrick, 1909
    • Delias daniensis van Mastrigt, 2003 New Guinea
    • Delias destrigata van Mastrigt, 1996 New Guinea
    • Delias dortheysi van Mastrigt, 2002 New Guinea
    • Delias eudiabolus Rothschild, 1915 New Guinea
    • Delias fascelis Jordan, 1912 New Guinea
    • Delias geraldina Grose-Smith, 1894
    • Delias heroni Kenrick, 1909
    • Delias hikarui Yagishita, 1993 New Guinea
    • Delias hypomelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
    • Delias imitator Kenrick, 1911 New Guinea
    • Delias inopinata Lachlan, 2000 New Guinea
    • Delias itamputi Ribbe, 1900
    • Delias langda Gerrits & van Mastrigt, 1992 New Guinea
    • Delias microsticha Rothschild, 1904
    • Delias nigropunctata Joicey & Noakes, 1915 New Guinea
    • Delias oktanglap van Mastrigt, 1990 New Guinea
    • Delias pheres Jordan, 1912 New Guinea
    • Delias kenricki Talbot, 1937
    • Delias rileyi Joicey & Talbot, 1922 New Guinea
    • Delias sagessa Fruhstorfer, 1910
    • Delias sinak Mastrigt, 1990 New Guinea
    • Delias sphenodiscus Roepke, 1955 New Guinea
    • Delias subapicalis Orr & Sibatani, 1985 New Guinea
    • Delias takashii Sakuma, 1999 New Guinea
    • Delias thompsoni Joicey & Talbot, 1916 New Guinea
  • The eichhorni species group
  • The bornemanni species group
  • The iltis species group
    • Delias arabuana Roepke, 1955 New Guinea
    • Delias awongkor van Mastrigt, 1989 New Guinea
    • Delias bakeri Kenrick, 1909
    • Delias callista Jordan, 1912 New Guinea
    • Delias flavistriga Roepke, 1955 New Guinea
    • Delias iltis Ribbe, 1900
    • Delias luctuosa Jordan, 1912 New Guinea
    • Delias mesoblema Jordan, 1912
    • Delias raymondi Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 New Guinea
  • The weiskei species group
    • Delias callima Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 New Guinea
    • Delias campbelli Joicey & Talbot, 1922 New Guinea
    • Delias hapalina Jordan, 1912 New Guinea
    • Delias leucias Jordan, 1912 New Guinea
    • Delias marguerita Joicey & Talbot, 1922 New Guinea
    • Delias nieuwenhuisi van Mastrigt, 1990 New Guinea
    • Delias phippsi Joicey & Talbot, 1922 New Guinea
    • Delias pseudomarguerita Gerrits & van Mastrigt, 1992 New Guinea
    • Delias rosamontana Roepke, 1955 New Guinea
    • Delias tessei Joicey & Talbot, 1916 New Guinea
    • Delias virgo Gerrits & van Mastrigt, 1992 New Guinea
    • Delias weiskei Ribbe, 1900
  • The kummeri species group
  • The nigrina species group
    • Delias buruana Rothschild, 1899 Buru, Serang
    • Delias dohertyi (Oberthür, 1894)
    • Delias duris (Hewitson, 1861)
    • Delias eximia Rothschild, 1925 New Ireland
    • Delias funerea Rothschild, 1894
    • Delias joiceyi Talbot, 1920 Serang
    • Delias nigrina (Fabricius, 1775)
    • Delias ornytion (Godman & Salvin, 1881) New Guinea, Waigeu
    • Delias prouti Joicey & Talbot, 1923 Buru
    • Delias wollastoni Rothschild, 1915 New Guinea
  • The belladonna species group
  • The aglaia/pasithoe species group
  • The albertisi species group
    • Delias albertisi (Oberthür, 1880)
    • Delias discus Honrath, 1886 New Guinea
    • Delias putih van Mastrigt, 1995
    • Delias telefominensis Yagishita, 1993 New Guinea
  • The clathrata species group
    • Delias autumnalis Roepke, 1955 New Guinea
    • Delias bobaga van Mastrigt, 1996 New Guinea
    • Delias catocausta Jordan, 1912 New Guinea
    • Delias clathrata Rothschild, 1904
    • Delias elongatus Kenrick, 1911 New Guinea
    • Delias fioretti van Mastrigt, 1996 New Guinea
    • Delias hiemalis Roepke, 1955 New Guinea
    • Delias hemianops Gerrits & van Mastrigt, 1992 New Guinea
    • Delias inexpectata Rothschild, 1915 New Guinea
    • Delias klossi Rothschild, 1915 New Guinea
    • Delias mariae Joicey & Talbot, 1916 New Guinea
    • Delias menooensis Joicey & Talbot, 1922 New Guinea
    • Delias mira Rothschild, 1904
    • Delias nakanokeikoae Yagishita, 1993 New Guinea
    • Delias neeltje Gerrits & van Mastrigt, 1992 New Guinea
    • Delias roepkei Sanford & Bennett, 1955 New Guinea
    • Delias sawyeri van Mastrigt, 2000 New Guinea
    • Delias sigit van Mastrigt, 1990 New Guinea
    • Delias walshae Roepke, 1955 New Guinea
  • The niepelti species group
  • The belisama species group
  • The dorimene species group
  • The isse species group
  • The hyparete species group
  • Incertae sedis
    • Delias africanus Kenrick, 1911
    • Delias akikoae Morita, 2001 Aru
    • Delias akrikensis Lachlan, 1999 New Guinea
    • Delias angabungana Talbot, 1928 New Guinea
    • Delias binniensis Lachlan, 2000 New Guinea
    • Delias brandti Müller, C, 2001 New Ireland
    • Delias chimbu Orr & Sibatani, 1986 New Guinea
    • Delias cumanau van Mastrigt, 2006 New Guinea
    • Delias durai van Mastrigt, 2006
    • Delias endela Jordan, 1930 New Guinea
    • Delias eschatia Joicey & Talbot, 1923 Buru
    • Delias felis Lachlan, 2000 New Guinea
    • Delias flavissima Orr & Sibatani, 1985 New Guinea
    • Delias fojaensis van Mastrigt, 2006 New Guinea
    • Delias hagenensis Morinaka, van Mastrigt & Sibatani, 1993
    • Delias hidecoae Nakano, 1993
    • Delias kazueae Kitahara, 1986 Sula Islands
    • Delias kikuoi Okano, 1989 Sulawesi
    • Delias konokono Orr & Sibatani, 1986 New Guinea
    • Delias kristianiae van Mastrigt, 2006
    • Delias laknekei Miller, L, Simon & Wills, 2007 New Ireland
    • Delias magsadana Yamamoto, 1995 Philippines
    • Delias mandaya Yamamoto & Takei, 1982
    • Delias mayrhoferi Bang-Haas, O, 1939 New Britain
    • Delias messalina Arora, 1983 New Ireland
    • Delias mullerensis Morinaka & Nakazawa, 1999 New Guinea
    • Delias ormoensis van Mastrigt, 2006 New Guinea
    • Delias paoaiensis Inomata & Nakano, 1987
    • Delias shirozui Yata, 1981 Sulawesi
    • Delias shunichii Morita, 1996 New Britain
    • Delias vidua Joicey & Talbot, 1922 Buru
    • Delias yagishitai Morita, 2003 Taliabu Island

References
  1. Braby, M.F. and N.E. Pierce. 2006. Systematics, biogeography and diversification of the Indo-Australian genus Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): phylogenetic evidence supports an 'out-of-Australia' origin. Systematic Entomology (2007), 32
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  • Data related to Delias at Wikispecies
  • Delias of the World
  • Images representing Delias at EOL
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  • Savela, Markku. "Delias Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
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