Delias geraldina
| Delias geraldina | |
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| In Henley Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. geraldina
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias geraldina Grose-Smith, 1894[1]
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Delias geraldina is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1894. It is found in the Australasian realm where it is endemic to New Guinea.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- D. g. geraldina (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
- D. g. emilia Rothschild & Jordan, 1904 Oetakwa River, Irian Jaya
- D. g. masakoae Nakano, 1998 (Bintang, Kec Okbibab, Irian Jaya)
- D. g. onin Yagishita, 2003 (Fakfak, Irian Jaya)
- D. g. siderea Roepke, 1955 (Wamena, Irian Jaya)
- D. g. vaneechoudi Roepke, 1955 (Weyland Mountains & Paniai, Irian Jaya)
- D. g. vogelcopensis Yagishita, 1993 (Arfak & Wandammen Mountains, Irian Jaya)
References
[edit]- ^ Grose-Smith, 1894 Descriptions of nine new species of butterflies, from the Sattelberg, near Finsch Hafen, German New Guinea, in the collections of the Honourable Walter Rothschild and H. Grose Smith, captured by Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton Novitates Zoologicae 1 (3): 585-590
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Delias geraldina.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms