Delias ninus

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Delias ninus, the Malayan Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1867. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Pieridae
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Delias ninus
Delias ninus alluviorum Fruhstorfer, 1905 in Seitz
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. ninus
Binomial name
Delias ninus
(Wallace, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Thyca ninus Wallace, 1867
  • Delias parthenia Staudinger, 1892
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The wingspan is about 70–85 mm.[3]

Subspecies

  • Delias ninus alluviorum Fruhstorfer, 1905 (western Sumatra)
  • Delias ninus babai Yagishita, 1997 (Myanmar)
  • Delias ninus ninus (Peninsular Malaysia)
  • Delias ninus parthenia Staudinger, 1892 (northern Borneo)
  • Delias ninus saranensis Yagishita, 1993 (Mt. Saran, western Kalimantan)
  • Delias ninus shoujii Yagishita, 1993 (Mt. Bawang, western Kalimantan)

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