Delias levicki is a species of pierine butterfly endemic to Mindanao, in the Philippines.[1] It is a montane species with different subspecies on isolated mountain ranges.
| Delias levicki | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. levicki |
| Binomial name | |
| Delias levicki Rothschild, 1927 | |
Description
editThe main ground colour of the upperside wings is white with distinct black markings, more extensive in the female where they are more prominently dotted white.The underside hindwing is yellowish-green dusted black. The forewing verso is someimes white basally, greenish distad, these areas sparated by a submarginal arc of black spots. There is a distinct reddish streak in cell 7. The wingspan is 65–75 mm.[2][3]
Subspecies
edit- Delias levicki levicki (Mt. Apo, Mindanao)
- Delias levicki borromeoi Schroder & Treadaway, 1984 [4] (Mt. Palket, southern Mindanao)
- Delias levicki justini Samusawa & Kawamura, 1988 (Mt. Kitanlad, northern Mindanao)
- Delias levicki hokamae Nakano, 1995 (Mt. Matutum, southern Mindanao)
- Delias levicki mandaya Yamamoto & Takei, 1982 (Mt. Tagubud, Mindanao)
Taxonomy
editIt is a member of the belisama group which includes
- Delias belisama
- Delias descombesi
- Delias oraia
- Delias splendida
- Delias zebuda
- Delias eumolpe
- Delias madetes
- Delias aurantia
- Delias aruna
- Delias levicki
- Delias apoensis
- Delias diaphana
- Delias ellipsis
- Delias aganippe
References
edit- ↑ Delias funet.fi
- ↑ "Delias of the World". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ↑ Rothschild, W. 1927 On a new species of Delias from Mindanao, Philippine Islands Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 19 (113) : 563
- ↑ Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C. G. 1984. Zwei neue Lepidopteren Taxa von der Romblon Gruppe, Philippinen. Entomologische Zeitschrift 94(12): 168–172, 3 figs.