Delias nais

Delias nais
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Delias
Species:	D. nais
Binomial name
Delias nais Jordan, 1912[1]
Synonyms
Delias bornemanni naisJordan, 1912 Delias bornemanni rubrinavan Eecke, 1915 Delias nais denigrataJoicey & Talbot, 1922 Delias nais holophaeaRoepke, 1955 Delias zebraRoepke, 1955 Delias zebra var. reductaRoepke, 1955 Delias zebra takanamiiYagishita, 1993 Delias denigrata maruyamaiYagishita, 1993 Delias nais entimaTalbot, 1937 Delias nais maprikensisYagishita, 1993

Delias nais is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1912. It is endemic to New Guinea.^[2]

Subspecies

• D. n. nais (Mount Goliath, Central Mountains, Irian Jaya: Western & Southern Highland Provinces, Papua New Guinea)
• D. n. aegleJoicey & Talbot, 1922 (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
• D. n. beehlerivan Mastrigt 2011 (Foja Mounts, West Papua)
• D. n. keysseriRothschild, 1925 Rawlinson Mtns, Papua New Guinea
• D. n. odilaeGotts & Ginn, 2004 (Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea)

References

1. Jordan, 1912 On new or little-known Delias from New Guinea Novitates Zoologicae 18 (3): 580–593
2. Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

• Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms