Delias lativitta is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1893 . It is found in the east Palearctic and (just) in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Delias |
Species: | D. lativitta
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Binomial name | |
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The wingspan is about 83–100 mm for males and 102–104 mm for females. Adults may be distinguished by the white cell patch on the upperside of the hindwings.[3]
Subspecies
edit- D. l. lativitta (Kanding, W. Sichuan, China)
- D. l. formosana Matsumura, 1909 (China, Taiwan)
- D. l. parva Talbot, 1937 (Bhutan, Burma, Shan States)
- D. l. naga Tytler, 1939 (Nagaland, N.E. India)
- D. l. yunnana Talbot, 1937 (Weixi, N.Yunnan, China)
- D. l. yuani Huang, 2000 (Metok, SE Tibet)
- D. l. tongi Mell, 1938 (Kuatun, north-western Fujian, China)
- D. l. batangensis Yoshino, 2022 (Batang, Far W. Sichuan, China)
- D. l. shaanxiensis Chou, Zhang & Wang 2001 (Shaanxi, China)
- D. l. nepalica Katayama, 2017 (Nepal)
References
editExternal links
editWikispecies has information related to Delias lativitta.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Delias lativitta at Olivier Pequin's Delias of the World