Delias dice

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]

Delias dice
In Vollenhoven's Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. dice
Binomial name
Delias dice
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

The wingspan is about 48–56 mm. Males are white, the forewings with a diffuse inner edge along the black marginal border, its edge but slightly produced at vein 4. There are two small white subapical spots. The hindwings have a narrow black marginal border becoming more narrow from vein 4 to the costa. Females resemble Delias enniana, but the postcellular white bar is narrower, isolated and extending only to vein 5, and the white proximal area reaches vein 4. There are two yellowish subapical spots, which are usually indistinct. The hindwings are tinged creamy-white and there is a black marginal border.[3]

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
  3. delias-butterflies
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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