Vanessa dilecta explained

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

Notes and References

  1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/vanessa/ "Vanessa Fabricius, 1807"
  2. Wahlberg. Niklas. Rubinoff, Daniel. Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa.. Systematic Entomology. 2011. 36. 2. 362–370. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x. free. 2011SysEn..36..362W .