Species of butterfly
| Delias nais
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Pieridae
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| Genus:
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Delias
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| Species:
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D. nais
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| Binomial name
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Delias nais
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| Synonyms
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- Delias bornemanni nais Jordan, 1912
- Delias bornemanni rubrina van Eecke, 1915
- Delias nais denigrata Joicey & Talbot, 1922
- Delias nais holophaea Roepke, 1955
- Delias zebra Roepke, 1955
- Delias zebra var. reducta Roepke, 1955
- Delias zebra takanamii Yagishita, 1993
- Delias denigrata maruyamai Yagishita, 1993
- Delias nais entima Talbot, 1937
- Delias nais maprikensis Yagishita, 1993
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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. aegle Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
- D. n. beehleri van Mastrigt 2011 (Foja Mounts, West Papua)
- D. n. keysseri Rothschild, 1925 Rawlinson Mtns, Papua New Guinea
- D. n. odilae Gotts & Ginn, 2004 (Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea)
References
- ^ Jordan, 1912 On new or little-known Delias from New Guinea Novitates Zoologicae 18 (3): 580–593
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
