Delias lytaea is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is endemic to the Bismark archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland and New Georgia).[2]

Delias lytaea
Delias lytaea in Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. lytaea
Binomial name
Delias lytaea
(Godman and Salvin, 1878)[1]

References

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  1. ^ Godman & Salvin, 1878 Descriptions of some apparently new Species of Butterflies from New Ireland and New Britain, sent by the Rv. G. Brown Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 : 733-735
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms