Delias gabia

Delias gabia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]

Delias gabia
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. gabia
Binomial name
Delias gabia
(Boisduval, 1832)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris gabia Boisduval, 1832
  • Delias gabia felsina Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Delias gabia marinda Hulst, 1924
  • Delias gabia aurantimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1922

The wingspan is about 52–58 mm.[3]

Subspecies
  • D. g. gabia (New Guinea, Waigeu, Gebe Island)
  • D. g. bantina Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Trobriand)
  • D. g. callistrate Grose-Smith, 1897 (Fergusson, Goodenough Island)
  • D. g. masinessa Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Yule)
  • D. g. naokoae Nakano, 1995 (Yapen Island)
  • D. g. zarate Grose-Smith, 1900 (New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Yule Island)

References
  1. Boisduval J. B., 1832 Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandément de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Lépidoptères in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1 : 1-267, pl. 1-5
  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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