Delias dice is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1865. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Subspecies Delias dice dice (Central Irian Jaya) On the under surface of the female the black distal area of the hindwing is widened, sharply defined proximally and bears, like the apical area of the forewing, a row of 5—-6 yellowish patches in the middle. Delias dice fulvoflava Rothschild, 1915 (Snow Mtns, Irian Jaya) Rothschild, W., 1915 in Rothschild & Durrant Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea : 1-146, : 147-148, : 149-162, : 163-168, : 169-182, : pl. 1-2 Delias dice latimarginata Joicey & Talbot, 1925 (Weyland Mtns, Irian Jaya) Joicey. J.J. & Talbot, G. 1925 Notes on some Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new forms Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 16 (96) : 633-653 Delias dice mitisana Strand, 1916 (Vogelkop, Irian Jaya & Waigeu Island) Strand, E. 1916 Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Lepidoptera aus der Sammlung W. Niepelt Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (2) : 1-26, pl. 13-17 Delias dice rectifascia Talbot, 1928 (Rossel Island) Delias dice samarai Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (south-western Papua New Guinea)
Taxonomy Delias dice is a member of the nyse species group. References
External links
Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms