Delias aroae yabensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Pierini
Subtribus: Aporiina
Genus: Delias
Species: Delias aroae
Subspecies: Delias aroae yabensis

Name

Delias aroae yabensis Joicey & Talbot, 1922

Type locality: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Menoo river, 3500-5000 ft., Weyland mountains, 3.50ºS, 135.50ºE.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. XI.-XII.1920. (designated by Orr & Sibatani, 1985)

Synonyms

• Delias aroae yabensis Joicey & Talbot, 1922
• Delias aroa [sic] yabensis Joicey & Talbot, 1922 by Roepke 1955: 204
• Delias yabensis Joicey & Talbot, 1922 by Orr & Sibatani 1985: 13.
• Delias aroae yabensis Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (stat. rev. by Funahashi 2012: 7)

References

• Funahashi, K., 2012: A taxonomic review of Delias aroae species complex s. str. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) belonging to New Guinea. Lepidoptera Science 63 (1): 1–17.
• Joicey, J.J. & Talbot, G., 1922: New forms of the genus Delias (Pieridae) from New Guinea, Ceram and Buru. Bulletin of the Hill Museum, 1922: 303–319.
• Orr, A.G. & A. Sibatani, 1985: A revision of the Delias aroae-cuningputi Complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Tyô to Ga 36(1): 1–25. Abstract and full article: [1].

Photos

• Delias butterflies: [2]