Delias is a genus of butterflies. There are about 250 species of the genus Delias, found in South Asia and Australia. The genus is considered to have its evolutionary origins in the Australian region.[1]

Delias
Temporal range: Miocene-Recent, inferred from molecular phylogeny
Delias descombesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Delias
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Cathaemia Hübner, [1819]
  • Symmachlas Hübner, [1821]
  • Harpanota Swainson, 1851
  • Thyca Wallengren, 1858
  • Piccarda Grote, 1900

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Braby, M.F. and N.E. Pierce. 2006. Systematics, biogeography and diversification of the Indo-Australian genus Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): phylogenetic evidence supports an 'out-of-Australia' origin. Systematic Entomology (2007), 32

External links edit

  •   Media related to Delias at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Data related to Delias at Wikispecies
  • Delias of the World
  • Images representing Delias at EOL
  • Pteron In Japanese but binomial names 3 pages of images. Tip Next page.
  • Savela, Markku. "Delias Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  • Flickr Images