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Delias periboea

(Delias periboea)

Description

Delias periboea is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1819. It is found in both the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm; East and West of the Wallace line. The wingspan is about 62–74 mm. Adults have white submarginal spots on the upper forewings and there is a tiny red subcellular spot on the underside of the hindwings, which is only rarely absent.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Delias
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