Delias isse is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Delias isse
In Pieter Cramer and Caspar Stoll's Uitlandsche Kapellen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. isse
Binomial name
Delias isse
(Cramer, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio isse Cramer, [1775]
  • Papilio isse f. bicolor Gmelin 1790
  • Thyca echo Wallace, 1867

The wingspan is about 62–78 mm.[3]

Subspecies

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  • D. i. isse (Ambon, Serang, Gisser, Banda Islands)
  • D. i. echo (Wallace, 1867) (Buru)

References

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  1. ^ Cramer, [1775] De Uitlandsche Kapellen: voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)
  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