Delias isocharis

Delias isocharis is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1907. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]

Delias isocharis
Delias isocharis isocharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. isocharis
Binomial name
Delias isocharis

The wingspan is about 40–43 mm. Adults are similar to Delias ligata, but may be distinguished by having, on the underside hindwing, the white area extended from the margin along the outer edge of the red submarginal line as far as its end on the submedian.[3]

Subspecies
  • D. i. isocharis (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. i. latiapicalis Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya)

References
  1. Rothschild W. & Jordan K., 1907 Lepidopteren aus Neu-Guinea Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1907: 189–198
  2. Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. delias-butterflies
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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