Delias caeneus

Delias caeneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. caeneus
Binomial name
Delias caeneus
(Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio ceneus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio caeneus Linnaeus, 1767
  • Papilio discors Gmelin, 1790
  • Papilio plexaris Donovan, 1805
  • Cathaemia anthyparete Hübner, [1819]
  • Pieris philyra Godart, 1819
  • Thyca philotis Wallace, 1867

Delias caeneus is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Description

caeneus is very like other species in the hyparete group. Except that the hindwing red markings are more developed. Diagnostic is the red patch at the end of the cell on the hindwing verso. There are two races. In the female caeneus the grey basal dusting of the forewing reaches the costal margin, whilst in philotis Wall. (53 d, e), from Buru, it only extends a little beyond the base of the cell and only below the median is widened in the shape of distinct white stripes. The base of philotis is beneath lighter and purer yellow, on the other hand the red spot in the cell of the hindwing is much reduced and the black submarginal region is extended.

The wingspan is about 70–76 mm.[3]

Subspecies

  • D. c. ceneus (Ambon, Serang, Moluccas)
  • D. c. philotis (Wallace, 1867) (Buru)

[4]

Taxonomy

ceneus is a member of the hyparete species group.


References

  1. ^ Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ delias-butterflies
  4. ^ Wallace, A.R. 1867 On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian Regions Trans. ent. Soc.Lond. (3) 4 (3) : 301-416, pl. 6-9
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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