Genus Delias Hübner, 1819

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• Delias Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [91] [Butler, A.G. 1870. A revision of the genera of the subfamily Pierinae. Cistula Entomologica 1(3): 33–58 pls 1–4 gave priority to Delias Hübner over Cathaemia Hübner which was published simultaneously].

  Type species:

   Papilio egialea Cramer, 1777 by subsequent designation, see Butler, A.G. 1870. A revision of the genera of the subfamily Pierinae. Cistula Entomologica 1(3): 33-58 pls 1-4 [40]; Hemming, F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Suppl. 9: 1-509 [142] (discussed the complex issues involved in selecting the type species) (a junior subjective synonym of Papilio aglaia Linnaeus, 1758).
• Cathaemia Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [92] [Butler, A.G. 1870. A revision of the genera of the subfamily Pierinae. Cistula Entomologica 1(3): 33–58 pls 1–4 gave priority to Delias Hübner over Cathaemia Hübner which was published simultaneously].

  Type species:

   Cathaemia anthyparete Hübner, 1819 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [136]; Hemming, F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Suppl. 9: 1-509 [100] (discussed selection of the type species) (a junior subjective synonym of Papilio ceneus Linnaeus, 1758).
• Symmachlas Hübner, J. 1821. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Augsburg : Jacob Hübner (and by Geyer after Hübner's death). 2 pp. pls [11] [13] [24] … [117] [122] [147] [150] [164] [183] [195] [197] [212] [213] [214]. [this work is the subject of Opinion 276, ICZN, and is on the Offical List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature; issued 1821, dated 1806] [pl. [122]].

  Type species:

   Papilio nigrina Fabricius, 1775 by monotypy.
• Thyca Wallengren, H.D.J. 1858. Nya fjäril-slägten. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 15: 75-84, 135-143, 209-215 [76] [junior homonym of Thyca Adams, 1854 (Mollusca); Neave, S.A. 1939–1940. Nomenclator Zoologicus: A List of the Names of Genera and Subgenera in Zoology from the Tenth Edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the End of 1935. London : The Zoological Society of London Vol. 1–4] (483) homonymy].

  Type species:

   Papilio aganippe Donovan, 1805 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [282].
• Piccarda Grote, A.R. 1900. The descent of the Pierids. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 39: 4-67 [32].

  Type species:

   Papilio eucharis Drury, 1773 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Talbot, G. 1932. Familia Pieridae I. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 53 pp. 1–320. [73]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
• Indonesia
  • Aru Islands
  • Irian Jaya
  • Maluku
• New Caledonia
• Papua New Guinea
• Vanuatu

Oriental Region

General References

Klots, A.B. 1931. A generic revision of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera), together with a study of the male genitalia. Entomologica Americana 12(3): 139-204 [153, 204] (incorrect subsequent spelling of Symmachlas Hübner, [1821] as Symmachlos)

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [296]

Talbot, G. 1928. A Monograph of the Pierine genus Delias. Pt 1. London : British Museum pp. 1-56. [Date published 23/June/1928] [1]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101-133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [121] (biology)

Yagishita, A., Nakano, S. & Morita, S. in Nishiyama, Y. (ed.) 1993. An Illustrated List of the Genus Delias Hübner of the World. Tokyo : Khepera Publishers Vol. 1 (text) xv 384 pp.; Vol. 2 [xi] 409 vi pp. 207 pls. [in Japanese]

Yata, O. 1985. Part 1 : Pieridae. pp. 206-438 in Tsukada, E. (ed.). Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. II. Japan : Plapac 1-623 pls 1-162. [305] (biology, generic groups)

 

History of changes

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