Delias ninus
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| Delias ninus alluviorum Fruhstorfer, 1905 in Seitz | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. ninus
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| Delias ninus | |
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Delias ninus, the Malayan Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1867. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
The wingspan is about 70–85 mm.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Delias ninus alluviorum Fruhstorfer, 1905 (western Sumatra)
- Delias ninus babai Yagishita, 1997 (Myanmar)
- Delias ninus ninus (Peninsular Malaysia)
- Delias ninus parthenia Staudinger, 1892 (northern Borneo)
- Delias ninus saranensis Yagishita, 1993 (Mt. Saran, western Kalimantan)
- Delias ninus shoujii Yagishita, 1993 (Mt. Bawang, western Kalimantan)
References
[edit]- ^ Wallace, A.R. 1867 On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian Regions Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3) 4 (3) : 301–416, pl. 6-9
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ delias-butterflies
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Delias ninus.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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