Subspecies Delias lara lara (Boisduval, 1836)
- Delias mysis onca Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [126].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (as British New Guinea); (designated in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Talbot, G. 1937. A Monograph of the Pierine Genus Delias. Pt 6. London : British Museum pp. 261–656 [562] (referred to types in the Fruhstorfer collection).Type locality references:
Talbot, G. 1937. A Monograph of the Pierine Genus Delias. Pt 6. London : British Museum pp. 261-656. [Date published 23/January/1937].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Davenport, C. & van Mastrigt, H.J.G. 2009. Revision of Delias mysis (Fabricius, 1775) and closely related species (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Suara Serangga Papua 3: 15-31 (full list of synonyms not used in Australia)
- Braby, M.F. 2012. The taxonomy and ecology of Delias aestiva Butler, 1897 stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), a unique mangrove specialist of Euphorbiaceae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107: 697-720 (full list of synonyms not used in Australia)
Introduction
Davenport & van Mastrigt (2009) and Braby (2012) provide a full list of synonyms not used in Australia.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Australia: Queensland (NE coastal), Papua New Guinea.
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Lava: herbivore.
General References
Braby, M.F. 2012. The taxonomy and ecology of Delias aestiva Butler, 1897 stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), a unique mangrove specialist of Euphorbiaceae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107: 697-720
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [284] (description, distribution)
Talbot, G. 1937. A Monograph of the Pierine Genus Delias. Pt 6. London : British Museum pp. 261-656. [Date published 23/January/1937]
History of changes
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