Delias mira
Species of butterfly
Delias mira | |
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Delias mira roepke | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Delias |
Species: | D. mira |
Binomial name | |
Delias mira Rothschild, 1904[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Delias mira is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]
The wingspan is about 60 mm.[3]
Subspecies
- D. m. mira (Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea)
- D. m. cieko Arima, 1996 (Baliem, Pass Valley, Star Mountains)
- D. m. excelsa Jordan, 1930 (New Guinea, Herzog Mountains)
- D. m. flabella van Mastrigt, 1995 (Irian Jaya)
- D. m. reversa Rothschild, 1925 (New Guinea, Sattleburg, Rawlinson Mountains)
- D. m. roepkei Sanford & Bennett, 1955 (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
References
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Delias mira.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms