Delias

* *se systematisk inndeling*

***Delias*** er en meget artsrik slekt av ofte store og fargerike sommerfugler i gruppen hvitvinger.  De fleste artene lever helt sørøst i Asia, på Ny-Guinea og i Papua Ny-Guinea. Men flere finnes i Australia og lengre nord i Asia.

## Utseende
*Delias*-artene er middelsstore til ganske store sommerfugler (vingespenn ca. 45-85 millimeter) med avrundede vinger. Mange arter er for det meste hvite, andre er ganske mørke eller har ulike kombinasjoner av hvitt, gult, svart, brunt og rødt, enkelte ganger også blått.

## Bildegalleri

Fil:Jezebel egg.jpg|Eggene legges rett på næringsplanten. *[[Delias eucharis]]*
Fil:Jezebel_cat.jpg|Unge larver. *[[Delias eucharis]]*

Fil:Delias eucharis cat sec.jpg|Eldre larver. *[[Delias eucharis]]*
Fil:Deliaseucharis pupa sec.jpg|Puppen. *[[Delias eucharis]]*
Fil:BH001_Delias_eucharis_venation.png|Årenett hos sommerfugler i slekten *Delias*.


## Levevis
*Delias*-artene er gode, men noe langsomme flygere som ofte holder seg mest oppe i trekronene.
Larvene lever på planter i mistelteinfamilien (Loranthaceae).
Fargene signaliserer at disse sommerfuglene er giftige. Arter i slektene *Delias* og *[[Prioneris]]* har utviklet ganske likt utseende, selv om atferden er noe ulik. Slik sender de et felles, lett kjenenlig signal om at de er giftige, og fugler unngår gjerne å ete dem.

## Utbredelse
Slekten stammer trolig fra Australia, men er i dag også utbredt over store deler av Asia.
Ny-Guinea har over 100 endemiske arter i denne slekten, mange finnes bare på ett enkelt fjell.

## Systematisk inndeling

Slektskapsforholdene mellom hvitvingenes delgrupper og slekter kan være avklart i ulik grad.  Derfor kan endringer skje.

* sommerfugler (Lepidoptera) 
** gruppe / overfamilie dagsommerfugler (Papilionoidea)
*** familie hvitvinger (Pieridae) 
**** delgruppe Pierinae
***** delgruppe / stamme Pierini
****** slekt ***Delias***  Hübner, 1819
******* *singhapura*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias agoranis]]* Grose-Smith, 1887
******** *[[Delias kuehni]]* Honrath, 1887 (or *[[Delias kuhni]]*)
******** *[[Delias singhapura]]* (Wallace, 1867)
******** *[[Delias themis]]* (Hewitson, 1861)
******* *nysa*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias battana]]* Fruhstorfer, 1896
******** *[[Delias blanca]]* (Felder, C & R Felder, 1862)
******** *[[Delias dice]]* (van Vollenhoven, 1865)
******** *[[Delias dumasi]]* Rothschild, 1925
******** *[[Delias enniana]]* Oberthür, 1880
******** *[[Delias fruhstorferi]]* (Honrath, 1891)
******** *[[Delias ganymedes]]* Okumoto, 1981
******** *[[Delias georgina]]* (Felder, C & R Felder, 1861)
******** *[[Delias hempeli]]* Dannatt, 1904
******** *[[Delias lemoulti]]* Talbot, 1931
******** *[[Delias manuselensis]]* Talbot, 1920
******** *[[Delias maudei]]* Joicey & Noakes, 1915
******** *[[Delias momea]]* (Boisduval, 1836)
******** *[[Delias nuydaorum]]* Schröder, H, 1975
******** *[[Delias nysa]]* (Fabricius, 1775)
******** *[[Delias pulla]]* Talbot, 1937
******** *[[Delias ribbei]]* Röber, 1886
******** *[[Delias schoenigi]]* Schröder, H, 1975
******** *[[Delias schuppi]]* Talbot, 1928
******** *[[Delias vietnamensis]]* Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000
******** *[[Delias waterstradti]]* Rothschild, 1915
******* *chrysomelaena*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias caliban]]* Grose-Smith, 1897
******** *[[Delias chrysomelaena]]* (van Vollenhoven, 1866)
******** *[[Delias ladas]]* Grose-Smith, 1894
******** *[[Delias talboti]]* Joicey & Noakes, 1915
******** *[[Delias totila]]* Heller, 1896
******* *stresemanni*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias lecerfi]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1922
******** *[[Delias schmassmanni]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1923
******** *[[Delias stresemanni]]* Rothschild, 1915
******* *geraldina*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias abrophora]]* Roepke, 1955
******** *[[Delias argentata]]* Roepke, 1955
******** *[[Delias aroae]]* (Ribbe, 1900)
******** *[[Delias cuningputi]]* (Ribbe, 1900)
******** *[[Delias daniensis]]* van Mastrigt, 2003
******** *[[Delias destrigata]]* van Mastrigt, 1996
******** *[[Delias dortheysi]]* van Mastrigt, 2002
******** *[[Delias eudiabolus]]* Rothschild, 1915
******** *[[Delias fascelis]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias geraldina]]* Grose-Smith, 1894
******** *[[Delias heroni]]* Kenrick, 1909
******** *[[Delias hikarui]]* Yagishita, 1993
******** *[[Delias hypomelas]]* Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
******** *[[Delias imitator]]* Kenrick, 1911
******** *[[Delias inopinata]]* Lachlan, 2000
******** *[[Delias itamputi]]* Ribbe, 1900
******** *[[Delias langda]]* Gerrits & van Mastrigt, 1992
******** *[[Delias microsticha]]* Rothschild, 1904
******** *[[Delias nigropunctata]]* Joicey & Noakes, 1915
******** *[[Delias oktanglap]]* van Mastrigt, 1990
******** *[[Delias pheres]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias rileyi]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1922
******** *[[Delias sagessa]]* Fruhstorfer, 1910
******** *[[Delias sinak]]* Mastrigt, 1990
******** *[[Delias sphenodiscus]]* Roepke, 1955
******** *[[Delias subapicalis]]* Orr & Sibatani, 1985
******** *[[Delias takashii]]* Sakuma, 1999
******** *[[Delias thompsoni]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1916
******* *eichhorni*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias antara]]* Roepke, 1955
******** *[[Delias carstensziana]]* Rothschild, 1915
******** *[[Delias catisa]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias eichhorni]]* Rothschild, 1904
******** *[[Delias frater]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias gilliardi]]* Sanford & Bennett, 1955
******** *[[Delias hallstromi]]* Sanford & Bennett, 1955
******** *[[Delias leucobalia]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias muliensis]]* Morinaka, van Mastrigt & Sibatani, 1991
******** *[[Delias toxopei]]* Roepke, 1955
******* *bornemanni*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias bornemanni]]* Ribbe, 1900
******** *[[Delias caroli]]* Kenrick, 1909
******** *[[Delias castaneus]]* Kenrick, 1909
******** *[[Delias nais]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias pratti]]* Kenrick, 1909
******** *[[Delias zebra]]* Roepke, 1955
******* *iltis*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias arabuana]]* Roepke, 1955
******** *[[Delias awongkor]]* van Mastrigt, 1989
******** *[[Delias bakeri]]* Kenrick, 1909
******** *[[Delias callista]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias flavistriga]]* Roepke, 1955
******** *[[Delias iltis]]* Ribbe, 1900
******** *[[Delias luctuosa]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias mesoblema]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias raymondi]]* Schröder & Treadaway, 1982
******* *weiskei*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias callima]]* Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
******** *[[Delias campbelli]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1922
******** *[[Delias hapalina]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias leucias]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias marguerita]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1922
******** *[[Delias nieuwenhuisi]]* van Mastrigt, 1990
******** *[[Delias phippsi]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1922
******** *[[Delias pseodomarguerita]]* Gerrits & van Mastrigt, 1992
******** *[[Delias rosamontana]]* Roepke, 1955
******** *[[Delias tessei]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1916
******** *[[Delias virgo]]* Gerrits & van Mastrigt, 1992
******** *[[Delias weiskei]]* Ribbe, 1900
******* *kummeri*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias alepa]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias bothwelli]]* Kenrick, 1909
******** *[[Delias dixeyi]]* Kenrick, 1909
******** *[[Delias isocharis]]* Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
******** *[[Delias kummeri]]* Ribbe, 1900
******** *[[Delias ligata]]* Rothschild, 1904
******** *[[Delias strix]]* Yagishita, 1993
******* *nigrina*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias buruana]]* Rothschild, 1899
******** *[[Delias dohertyi]]* (Oberthür, 1894)
******** *[[Delias duris]]* (Hewitson, 1861)
******** *[[Delias eximia]]* Rothschild, 1925
******** *[[Delias funerea]]* Rothschild, 1894
******** *[[Delias joiceyi]]* Talbot, 1920
******** *[[Delias nigrina]]* (Fabricius, 1775)
******** *[[Delias ornytion]]* (Godman & Salvin, 1881)
******** *[[Delias prouti]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1923
******** *[[Delias wollastoni]]* Rothschild, 1915
******* *belladonna*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias belladonna]]* (Fabricius, 1793)
******** *[[Delias benasu]]* Martin, L, 1913
******** *[[Delias berinda]]* (Moore, 1872)
******** *[[Delias lativitta]]* Leech, 1893
******** *[[Delias patrua]]* Leech, 1890
******** *[[Delias sanaca]]* (Moore, 1857)
******** *[[Delias subnubila]]* Leech, 1893
******** *[[Delias wilemani]]* Jordan, 1925
******* *aglaia/pasithoe*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias acalis]]* (Godart, 1819)
******** *[[Delias crithoe]]* (Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1835)
******** *[[Delias pasithoe]]* (Linnaeus, 1767)
******** *[[Delias henningia]]* (Eschscholtz, 1821)
******** *[[Delias ninus]]* (Wallace, 1867)
******** *[[Delias woodi]]* Talbot, 1928
******* *albertisi*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias albertisi]]* (Oberthür, 1880)
******** *[[Delias discus]]* Honrath, 1886
******** *[[Delias telefominensis]]* Yagishita, 1993
******* *clathrata*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias autumnalis]]* Roepke, 1955
******** *[[Delias bobaga]]* van Mastrigt, 1996
******** *[[Delias catocausta]]* Jordan, 1912
******** *[[Delias clathrata]]* Rothschild, 1904
******** *[[Delias elongatus]]* Kenrick, 1911
******** *[[Delias fioretti]]* van Mastrigt, 1996
******** *[[Delias hiemalis]]* Roepke, 1955
******** *[[Delias hemianops]]* Gerrits & van Mastrigt, 1992
******** *[[Delias inexpectata]]* Rothschild, 1915
******** *[[Delias klossi]]* Rothschild, 1915
******** *[[Delias mariae]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1916
******** *[[Delias menooensis]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1922
******** *[[Delias mira]]* Rothschild, 1904
******** *[[Delias nakanokeikoae]]* Yagishita, 1993
******** *[[Delias neeltje]]* Gerrits & van Mastrigt, 1992
******** *[[Delias roepkei]]* Sanford & Bennett, 1955
******** *[[Delias sawyeri]]* van Mastrigt, 2000
******** *[[Delias sigit]]* van Mastrigt, 1990
******** *[[Delias walshae]]* Roepke, 1955
******* *niepelti*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias meeki]]* Rothschild, 1904
******** *[[Delias niepelti]]* Ribbe, 1900
******* *belisama*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias aganippe]]* (Donovan, 1805)
******** *[[Delias apoensis]]* Talbot, 1928
******** *[[Delias aruna]]* (Boisduval, 1832)
******** *[[Delias aurantia]]* Doherty, 1891
******** *[[Delias belisama]]* (Cramer, 1779)
******** *[[Delias descombesi]]* (Boisduval, 1836)
******** *[[Delias diaphana]]* Semper, G, 1878
******** *[[Delias ellipsis]]* Joannis, 1901
******** *[[Delias eumolpe]]* Grose-Smith, 1889
******** *[[Delias harpalyce]]* (Donovan, 1805)
******** *[[Delias levicki]]* Rothschild, 1927
******** *[[Delias madetes]]* (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
******** *[[Delias oraia]]* Doherty, 1891
******** *[[Delias splendida]]* Rothschild, 1894
******** *[[Delias zebuda]]* (Hewitson, 1862)
******* *dorimene*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias agostina]]* (Hewitson, 1852)
******** *[[Delias alberti]]* Rothschild, 1904
******** *[[Delias apatela]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1923
******** *[[Delias baracasa]]* Semper, G, 1890
******** *[[Delias biaka]]* Joicey & Noakes, 1915
******** *[[Delias dorimene]]* (Stoll, 1782)
******** *[[Delias dorylaea]]* (Felder, C & R Felder, 1865)
******** *[[Delias echidna]]* (Hewitson, 1861)
******** *[[Delias eileenae]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1927
******** *[[Delias gabia]]* (Boisduval, 1832)
******** *[[Delias hippodamia]]* (Wallace, 1867)
******** *[[Delias mavroneria]]* Fruhstorfer, 1914
******** *[[Delias melusina]]* Staudinger, 1890
******** *[[Delias narses]]* Heller, 1896
******** *[[Delias rothschildi]]* Holland, W, 1900
******** *[[Delias subviridis]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1922
******* *isse*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias bosnikiana]]* Joicey & Noakes, 1915
******** *[[Delias candida]]* (van Vollenhoven, 1865)
******** *[[Delias ennia]]* (Wallace, 1867)
******** *[[Delias isse]]* (Cramer, 1775)
******** *[[Delias lytaea]]* (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
******** *[[Delias periboea]]* (Godart, 1819)
******** *[[Delias sacha]]* Grose-Smith, 1895
******* *hyparete*-artsgruppen
******** *[[Delias argenthona]]* (Fabricius, 1793)
******** *[[Delias bagoe]]* (Boisduval, 1832)
******** *[[Delias ceneus]]* (Linnaeus, 1758)
******** *[[Delias eucharis]]* (Drury, 1773)
******** *[[Delias euphemia]]* Grose-Smith, 1894
******** *[[Delias fasciata]]* Rothschild, 1894
******** *[[Delias doylei]]* Sanford & Bennett, 1955
******** *[[Delias hyparete]]* (Linnaeus, 1758)
******** *[[Delias mitisi]]* Staudinger, 1895
******** *[[Delias mysis]]* (Fabricius, 1775)
******** *[[Delias lara]]* (Boisduval, 1836)
******** *[[Delias periboea]]* (Godart, 1819)
******** *[[Delias poecilea]]* (van Vollenhoven, 1865)
******** *[[Delias rosenbergii]]* (van Vollenhoven, 1865)
******** *[[Delias salvini]]* Butler, 1882
******** *[[Delias sambawana]]* Rothschild, 1894
******** *[[Delias schoenbergi]]* Rothschild, 1895
******** *[[Delias timorensis]]* (Boisduval, 1836)
******* ukjent artsgruppe
******** *[[Delias africanus]]* Kenrick, 1911
******** *[[Delias akikoae]]* Morita, 2001
******** *[[Delias akrikensis]]* Lachlan, 1999
******** *[[Delias angabungana]]* Talbot, 1928
******** *[[Delias binniensis]]* Lachlan, 2000
******** *[[Delias brandti]]* Müller, C, 2001
******** *[[Delias chimbu]]* Orr & Sibatani, 1986
******** *[[Delias cumanau]]* van Mastrigt, 2006
******** *[[Delias durai]]* van Mastrigt, 2006
******** *[[Delias endela]]* Jordan, 1930
******** *[[Delias eschatia]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1923
******** *[[Delias felis]]* Lachlan, 2000
******** *[[Delias flavissima]]* Orr & Sibatani, 1985
******** *[[Delias fojaensis]]* van Mastrigt, 2006
******** *[[Delias hagenensis]]* Morinaka, van Mastrigt & Sibatani, 1993
******** *[[Delias hidecoae]]* Nakano, 1993
******** *[[Delias kazueae]]* Kitahara, 1986
******** *[[Delias kikuoi]]* Okano, 1989
******** *[[Delias konokono]]* Orr & Sibatani, 1986
******** *[[Delias kristianiae]]* van Mastrigt, 2006
******** *[[Delias laknekei]]* Miller, L, Simon & Wills, 2007
******** *[[Delias magsadana]]* Yamamoto, 1995
******** *[[Delias mandaya]]* Yamamoto & Takei, 1982
******** *[[Delias manuselensis]]* Talbot, 1920
******** *[[Delias mayrhoferi]]* Bang-Haas, O, 1939
******** *[[Delias messalina]]* Arora, 1983
******** *[[Delias mullerensis]]* Morinaka & Nakazawa, 1999
******** *[[Delias ormoensis]]* van Mastrigt, 2006
******** *[[Delias paoaiensis]]* Inomata & Nakano, 1987
******** *[[Delias shirozui]]* Yata, 1981
******** *[[Delias shunichii]]* Morita, 1996
******** *[[Delias vidua]]* Joicey & Talbot, 1922
******** *[[Delias yagishitai]]* Morita, 2003

## Kilder
* ''Delias'' på Tree of life

## Eksterne lenker
* 
* ''Delias'' – www.nic.funet.fi/ – Lepidoptera database
*  www.nhm.uio.no/fakta/zoologi/insekter/norlep/  Norges sommerfugler – Et norskspråklig nettsted om norske sommerfugler.