Delias georgina
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| Delias georgina | |
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| In C. and R. Felders' Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara 1865 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. georgina |
| Binomial name | |
| Delias georgina | |
Delias georgina is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1861. It is found in the Indomalayan realm,[2]
Distinguished by the rounded form of the wings. Male:The forewing underside has a white ground-colour.The hindwing is glossed in a coffee colour. The hindwing underside is yellow and has dark markings. Female : underside wing surface darker than male with broader margins on both wings.The hindwing underside has a coffee-brown ground colour, with chrome-yellow markings with white edging to most of the spots. The forewing has a extended proximal white area, with black dusting at the base. The submarginal spots are well marked. There are black coloured submarginal bands on both wings upper side.[3][4][5]
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