Delias dice

Delias dice
In Vollenhoven's Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Delias
Species:	D. dice
Binomial name
Delias dice (Vollenhoven, 1865[1]
Synonyms
Pieris dice Vollenhoven, 1865 Delias mitisana Strand, 1916 Delias mitisana ab. pictula Strand, 1916 Delias mitisana f. leucana Strand, 1916 Delias dice f. nigroapicalis Roepke 1955

Delias dice is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1865. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm.[2]

Subspecies

• Delias dice dice (Central Irian Jaya)
• Delias dice fulvoflava Rothschild, 1915 (Snow Mtns, Irian Jaya)
• Delias dice latimarginata Joicey & Talbot, 1925 (Weyland Mtns, Irian Jaya)
• Delias dice mitisana Strand, 1916 (Vogelkop, Irian Jaya & Waigeu Island)
• Delias dice rectifascia Talbot, 1928 (Rossel Island)
• Delias dice samarai Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (south-western Papua New Guinea)

References

1. Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais, Seconde monographie: Famille des Piérides Faune ent. 2 (Monogr. Pierid.) : 1-70, pl. 1-7
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

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