Delias nais

Delias nais
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. nais
Binomial name
Delias nais
Jordan, 1912[1]
Synonyms
  • Delias bornemanni nais Jordan, 1912
  • Delias bornemanni rubrina van Eecke, 1915
  • Delias nais denigrata Joicey & Talbot, 1922
  • Delias nais holophaea Roepke, 1955
  • Delias zebra Roepke, 1955
  • Delias zebra var. reducta Roepke, 1955
  • Delias zebra takanamii Yagishita, 1993
  • Delias denigrata maruyamai Yagishita, 1993
  • Delias nais entima Talbot, 1937
  • Delias nais maprikensis Yagishita, 1993

Delias nais is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1912. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]

Subspecies

  • D. n. nais (Mount Goliath, Central Mountains, Irian Jaya: Western & Southern Highland Provinces, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. n. aegle Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. n. beehleri van Mastrigt 2011 (Foja Mounts, West Papua)
  • D. n. keysseri Rothschild, 1925 Rawlinson Mtns, Papua New Guinea
  • D. n. odilae Gotts & Ginn, 2004 (Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea)

References

  1. ^ Jordan, 1912 On new or little-known Delias from New Guinea Novitates Zoologicae 18 (3): 580–593
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Wikispecies has information related to Delias nais.
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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