Delias belisama is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Delias belisama
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. belisama
Binomial name
Delias belisama
(Cramer, 1779) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio belisama Cramer, [1780]
  • Delias belisama var. belisar Staudinger, 1891
  • Delias belisama var. vestalina Staudinger, 1891
  • Delias belisama var. erubescens Staudinger, 1891
  • Pieris glauce Butler, 1865
  • Delias nakula Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889
  • Pieris sthenobaea Boisduval, 1836

The wingspan is about 74–84 mm.[3]

Subspecies

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  • D. b. belisama (western and central Java)
  • D. b. glauce (Butler, 1865) (Sumatra)
  • D. b. nakula Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889 (eastern Java)
  • D. b. balina Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Bali)

References

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  1. ^ Cramer, [1779] Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques)
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ^ delias-butterflies
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  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms