Delias levicki
| Delias levicki | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. levicki |
| Binomial name | |
| Delias levicki Rothschild, 1927 | |
Delias levicki is a species of pierine butterfly endemic to Mindanao, in the Philippines.[1] It is a montane species with different subspecies on isolated mountain ranges.
Description
[edit]The main ground colour of the upperside wings is white with distinct black markings, more extensive in the female where they are more prominently dotted white.The underside hindwing is yellowish-green dusted black. The forewing verso is someimes white basally, greenish distad, these areas sparated by a submarginal arc of black spots. There is a distinct reddish streak in cell 7. The wingspan is 65–75 mm.[2][3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Delias levicki levicki (Mt. Apo, Mindanao)
- Delias levicki borromeoi Schroder & Treadaway, 1984 [4] (Mt. Palket, southern Mindanao)
- Delias levicki justini Samusawa & Kawamura, 1988 (Mt. Kitanlad, northern Mindanao)
- Delias levicki hokamae Nakano, 1995 (Mt. Matutum, southern Mindanao)
- Delias levicki mandaya Yamamoto & Takei, 1982 (Mt. Tagubud, Mindanao)
Taxonomy
[edit]It is a member of the belisama group which includes
- Delias belisama
- Delias descombesi
- Delias oraia
- Delias splendida
- Delias zebuda
- Delias eumolpe
- Delias madetes
- Delias aurantia
- Delias aruna
- Delias levicki
- Delias apoensis
- Delias diaphana
- Delias ellipsis
- Delias aganippe
References
[edit]- ↑ Delias funet.fi
- ↑ "Delias of the World". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ↑ Rothschild, W. 1927 On a new species of Delias from Mindanao, Philippine Islands Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 19 (113) : 563
- ↑ Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C. G. 1984. Zwei neue Lepidopteren Taxa von der Romblon Gruppe, Philippinen. Entomologische Zeitschrift 94(12): 168–172, 3 figs.