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Species of butterfly

Delias baracasa
Delias baracasa in Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species: D. baracasa
Binomial name
Delias baracasa
Semper, 1890
Synonyms
  • Delias karo Hagen, 1894
  • Delias dives de Nicéville, 1897
  • Delias danala de Nicéville, 1893
  • Delias cathara Grose-Smith, 1893

Delias baracasa is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1890. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

The wingspan is about 50 mm. Adults may be distinguished by the blackened vein markings on the underside of the hindwings.

Subspecies

  • D. b. baracasa (Malaysia, Philippines: Mindanao)
  • D. b. basilana Schroeder & Treadaway, 2008 (Philippines: Basilan)
  • D. b. benguetana Inomata, 1979 (Philippines)
  • D. b. cathara Grose-Smith, 1893 (Borneo)
  • D. b. danala (de Nicéville, 1893) (north-eastern Sumatra, south-western Sumatra)
  • D. b. dives de Nicéville, 1897 (Peninsular Malaysia)
  • D. b. kalimantana Yagishita, 1993 (western Kalimantan: Mt.Saran)

References

  1. Semper, 1890 Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen Reisen Philipp. (1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886), (2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887), (3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888), (4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889), (5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890), (6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891), (7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 (1892)
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. delias-butterflies

External links

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