Delias gabia

Delias gabia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]

Delias gabia
In Henley Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. gabia
Binomial name
Delias gabia
(Boisduval, 1832)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris gabia Boisduval, 1832
  • Delias gabia felsina Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Delias gabia marinda Hulst, 1924
  • Delias gabia aurantimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1922

The wingspan is about 52–58 mm. Adults are similar in pattern to Delias mavroneria, but tend to have an orange flush to the lower part of the underside of the hindwings.[3]

Subspecies
  • D. g. gabia (New Guinea, Waigeu, Gebe Island)
  • D. g. bantina Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Trobriand)
  • D. g. callistrate Grose-Smith, 1897 (Fergusson, Goodenough Island)
  • D. g. masinessa Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Yule)
  • D. g. naokoae Nakano, 1995 (Yapen Island)
  • D. g. zarate Grose-Smith, 1900 (New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Yule Island)

References
  1. Boisduval J. B., 1832 Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandément de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Lépidoptères in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1 : 1-267, pl. 1-5
  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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