Delias

Painted jezebel Delias hyparete, photographed by Apisit Wilaijit.

Belongs within: Pieridae.

Delias, the jezebels, is a genus of butterflies found in the Indo-Pacific region. Larvae of the great majority of species feed on mistletoes and sandalwoods of the Santalales. The fore wings of Delias have three branches on the radial vein with R₂ absent and R₄₊₅ as a single vein stalked with R₃ (Braby 2000).

See also:Taxon of the Week: Butterflies on parasites.

<==Delias Hübner 1819 B00
    `--D. (Cathaemia Hübner 1820) F55
         |--D. (C.) caeneus (Linnaeus 1758) F55
         |--D. (C.) hyparete F55
         |    |--D. h. hyparete F55
         |    |--D. h. domorana Fruhstorfer 1911 F55
         |    |--D. h. lucina Distant 1887 F55
         |    `--D. h. luzonensis (Felder 1852) (see below for synonymy) F55
         |--D. (C.) poecilea (Vollenhoven 1865) F55
         `--D. (C.) rosenbergi (Vollenhoven 1865) [=Pieris rosenbergi] F55
              |--D. r. rosenbergi F55
              `--D. r. lorquini (Felder 1865) F55

Delias incertae sedis:
  D. aestiva Butler 1897 [=D. mysis aestiva] B12
  D. aganippe (Donovan 1805) B00
  D. aglaia F55
    |--D. a. aglaia F55
    |--D. a. egialea (Cramer 1777) F55
    `--D. a. pandecta Staudinger 1889 F55
  D. argenthona (Fabricius 1793) B00
    |--D. a. argenthona B12
    `--D. a. fragalactea (Butler 1869) B12
  D. aruna (Boisduval 1832) B00
    |--D. a. aruna B00
    `--D. a. inferna Butler 1871 (see below for synonymy) B00
  D. baracasa Semper 1890 F55
  D. belisama AYI11
  D. blanca (Felder 1865) [=Pieris blanca] F55
  D. chrysomelaena (Vollenhoven 1866) F55
  D. diaphana Semper 1878 F55
  D. dorylaea Felder 1865 [incl. D. dorylaea var. altivaga Fruhstorfer 1894] F55
  D. ennia (Wallace 1867) B00
    |--D. e. ennia B00
    |--D. e. nigidius Miskin 1884 B00
    `--D. e. tindalii Joicey & Talbot 1926 B00
  D. georgina Felder 1865 F55
  D. harpalyce (Donovan 1805) B00
  D. henningia (Eschscholtz 1821) F55
    |--D. h. henningia (see below for synonymy) F55
    |--D. h. camotana Fruhstorfer 1910 F55
    |--D. h. ottonia Semper 1890 F55
    |--D. h. pandemia (Wallace 1867) F55
    `--D. h. voconia Fruhstorfer 1910 F55
  D. isse Cramer 1775 F55
  D. lytaea Godman & Salvin 1878 F55
  D. mysis (Fabricius 1775) B12
    |--D. m. mysis [incl. D. mysis waterhousei Talbot 1928–1937] B00
    `--D. m. onca Fruhstorfer 1910 B00
  D. nigrina (Fabricius 1775) B00
  D. nysa (Fabricius 1775) B00
    |--D. n. nysa B00
    `--D. n. nivira Waterhouse & Lyell 1914 B00
  D. themis Hewitson 1861 F55
  D. zebuda (Hewitson 1862) F55

Delias aruna inferna Butler 1871 [incl. D. aruna arovana Fruhstorfer 1911, D. aruna irma Fruhstorfer 1907] B00

Delias henningia henningia (Eschscholtz 1821) [incl. D. henningia hemera Fruhstorfer in Seitz 1910, D. henningia lucerna (Butler 1869), D. henningia var. ochreopicta (Butler 1869)] F55

Delias (Cathaemia) hyparete luzonensis (Felder 1852) [incl. D. hyparete luzonensis f. mindanaensis Mitis 1893, D. hyparete mindorensis Fruhstorfer 1910] F55

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[AYI11] Amanda, T. P. O., S. Yaakop & A. B. Idris. 2011. A catalogue of the genus-group Theronia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Sundaland. Serangga 16 (1): 75–89.

[B00] Braby, M. F. 2000. Butterflies of Australia: their identification, biology and distribution vol. 1. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood (Victoria).

[B12] Braby, M. F. 2012. The butterflies of El Questro Wilderness Park, with remarks on the taxonomy of the Kimberley fauna, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27 (2): 161–175.

[F55] Franz, E. 1955. Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 16). Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36: 339–367.

Last updated: 1 March 2021.