Delias fasciata

Delias fasciata is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1894. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2] It is endemic to Sumba.

Delias fasciata
In Henley Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. fasciata
Binomial name
Delias fasciata

The wingspan is about 60–63 mm. Adults are similar to Delias periboea.[3]

References

  1. Rothschild W., 1894 On five new Delias collected by William Doherty in the east Novitates Zoologicae 1 (4): 661-662
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. delias-butterflies
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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