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Delias Hübner 1819

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Aporiina

Introduction

A speciose and brightly-colored pierid genus ranging from India to the Solomon Islands. More than 100 species are endemic to New Guinea, many to particular mountaintops. Larvae feed on mistletoes (Loranthaceae).

References

Common IFB, and Waterhouse DF. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. CSIRO Publications, East Melbourne.

Corbet AS, Pendlebury HM, and Eliot JN. 1992. The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.

Parsons M. 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego.

Vane-Wright RI, and de Jong R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 1-267.

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Scientific Name Delias pasithoe
Location Hong Kong
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Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © 2006 Charles Lam
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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2006. Delias Hübner 1819. Version 08 December 2006 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Delias/76507/2006.12.08 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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