Delias timorensis

Delias timorensis is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Delias timorensis
Delias timorensis in Thomas Horsfield and Frederic Moore. A catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. timorensis
Binomial name
Delias timorensis
(Boisduval, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris timorensis Boisduval, 1836
  • Pieris vishnu Moore, 1857
  • Delias timorensis moaensis f. lettinensis Röber, 1927

The wingspan is about 60–70 mm for males and 64–71  mm for females.[3]

Subspecies
  • D. t. timorensis (Timor)
  • D. t. moaensis Rothschild, 1915 (Leti Island)
  • D. t. babberica Talbot, 1939 (Babar Island)
  • D. t. romaensis Rothschild, 1915 (Romang Island)
  • D. t. ardesiaca Rothschild, 1915 (Damar)
  • D. t. gardineri Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Tanimbar Group)
  • D. t. vishnu Moore, 1857 (Wetter Island)

References
  1. Boisduval, 1836 Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier (Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid). 1 : 1–690, pl. 1-24
  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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