Delias fruhstorferi
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Delias |
Species: | D. fruhstorferi
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Binomial name | |
Delias fruhstorferi | |
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Delias fruhstorferi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Eduard Honrath in 1892. It is found in the Indomalayan realm,[2] where it has only been recorded from Java.
The wingspan is about 45 mm. The forewings of the males are similar to those of Delias nysa, with a brownish-black costal border and distal area. The distal area is distant from the end of the cell and is angled in cellule 4 and also in 3. There are some indistinct submarginal spots. The hindwings have black marginal vein-spots on veins 2-6, and slight black dusting between them. The forewings of the females have a white proximal half as in Delias momea, but the outer edge is more indented on veins 2 and 3. There is a white postcellular bar of three spots, as well as five small submarginal spots. The hindwings have a broad black marginal border which is not as sharply defined as in momea. There is also a grey-white marginal line produced in cellules 3-5, to form small triangular spots, and in cellule 6 to a streak. The base of the forewings and basal area of the hindwings is dusted with black.[3]
Subspecies
- Delias fruhstorferi fruhstorferi (eastern Java)
- Delias fruhstorferi takakoae Sakuma & Morita, 1995 (Mt. Wilis, eastern Java)
Etymology
The name honours Hans Fruhstorfer.
References
- ^ Honrath, 1892 Neue Rhopalocera (10) Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 36 (2): 429-440, pl. 15
- ^ 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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