Delias nais

Delias nais
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Delias
Species:	D. nais
Binomial name
	Delias nais; Jordan, 1912
Synonyms
	Delias bornemanni nais Jordan, 1912; Delias bornemanni rubrina van Eecke, 1915; Delias nais denigrata Joicey & Talbot, 1922; Delias nais holophaea Roepke, 1955; Delias zebra Roepke, 1955; Delias zebra var. reducta Roepke, 1955; Delias zebra takanamii Yagishita, 1993; Delias denigrata maruyamai Yagishita, 1993; Delias nais entima Talbot, 1937; Delias nais maprikensis Yagishita, 1993;

Delias nais is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1912. It is endemic to New Guinea.^[2]

Subspecies[edit]

D. n. nais (Mount Goliath, Central Mountains, Irian Jaya: Western & Southern Highland Provinces, Papua New Guinea)
D. n. aegle Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
D. n. beehleri van Mastrigt 2011 (Foja Mounts, West Papua)
D. n. keysseri Rothschild, 1925 Rawlinson Mtns, Papua New Guinea
D. n. odilae Gotts & Ginn, 2004 (Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea)

^ Jordan, 1912 On new or little-known Delias from New Guinea Novitates Zoologicae 18 (3): 580–593
^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9