Delias duris

Delias duris
	In Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Delias
Species:	D. duris
Binomial name
	Delias duris; (Hewitson, 1861)
Synonyms
	Pieris duris Hewitson, 1861;

Delias duris is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861. It is found in the Australasian realm,^[2] where it is only known from Ceram Island, Indonesia.

The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults may be distinguished from similar species by the hindwing having the discal area red, and the forewing cell yellow.^[3]

References

^ Hewitson, 1861; Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies: Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. [1]
^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
^ delias-butterflies

External links

Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[1] Hewitson, 1861; Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies: Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. [1]

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

[3] s-butterflies

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