Delias butterflies

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Delias pasithoe  Linnaeus 1758 green.png

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Delias pasithoe goda mating pair
Tanjung Dalam Village (600-700 m asl), Rejang Lebong Regency,Bengkulu Prov., Sumatra June 28, 2009
Photo : Curup Cami

Subspecies and range of Delias pasithoe :

.pasithoe Linnaeus 1758 - Myanmar, Yunnan, NW Thailand
            homonym aglaia Linnaeus 1758

.dione Drury 1773 - N.E. India, Nepal

. porsenna Cramer 1775 - S. China, Hong Kong

. cyrania Fruhstorfer 1913 - Hainan Island

. egialea Cramer 1777 - Java 
          synonym  apriate Hubner 1816

. parthenope Wallace 1867- Malay Peninsular, S. Peninsular Thailand, Singkep Is.

. pandecta Staudinger 1869 - Palawan

. grisea Fruhstorfer 1897- Nias island

. thyra Fruhstorfer 1895 - N. Vietnam, NE Thailand

. beata Fruhstorfer 1905 - Peninsular. Thailand, Myanmar

. goda Fruhstorfer 1905 - N.E. Sumatra

. curasena Fruhstorfer 1908 - Taiwan

. balabaca Fruhstorfer 1911 - Balabac island

. angustifascia Rothschild 1915 - N. Borneo Mt. Mula

. horracki Joicey & Talbot 1916 - Bawean island

. siamensis Talbot 1928 - E. & N. Thailand

. nigrescens Talbot 1928 - S. Vietnam, Cambodia

. mera Talbot 1928 - Luzon & Mindanao

. triglites Talbot 1928 - W. Sumatra

. premo Tsukada 1987 - Simeulue island

. yakamochii Nakano 1993 - Sipora island

. tabitoi Nakano 1993 - Belitung island

. takasugii Nakano 1993 - Bangka island

. yoshidai Nakano & Morita 1993 - Banyak island

. hitomaroi Nakano 1993 - Mt. Bawang  W. Kalimantan

. silviae Jakusch 2003 - Guizhou, China

 

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Due to the huge numbers of ssp, we will display them later when the whole website will be finished

 

Notes on Delias pasithoe, the "red-base Jezebel" : 

An extremely well known species, which has a large range, and is found in many differing ssp. However, these ssp are very difficult to distinguish on their own and much confusion has arisen.


A very common species, found in most collection.

Group pasithoe species :