Delias themis

Delias themis
Delias themis in Hewitson Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. themis
Binomial name
Delias themis
(Hewitson, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Pieris themis Hewitson, 1861

Delias themis is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

D. themis Hew. has the deep black distal margin more sharply expressed but essentially narrower than in soteira subsp. nov. (55 d), from Luzon, which is also distinguishable beneath by much narrower white circumcellular spots on the forewing.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Hewitson, 1861 Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
  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.