Vanessa dilecta

Vanessa dilecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Vanessa
Species: V. dilecta
Binomial name
Vanessa dilecta
Hanafusa, 1992
Synonyms
  • Vanessa dilekta

Vanessa dilecta is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The type locality is West Timor.[1] It is sister to Vanessa buana and is sometimes lumped with that species.[2]

References

  1. Vanessa, funet.fi
  2. Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa.". Systematic Entomology 36 (2): 362–370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x.


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