Delias hypomelas is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1907. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2] It has a white form named "argentata"[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Delias |
Species: | D. hypomelas
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The wingspan is about 60–64 mm.
Subspecies
edit- D. h. hypomelas (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
- D. h. conversa Jordan, [1912] (Mount Goliath, Irian Jaya; Western Province, Papua New Guinea)
- D. h. rubrostriata Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya)
- D. h. rawlinsoni Talbot, 1928 (Rawlinson Mountains, Papua New Guinea)
- D. h. fulgida Roepke, 1955 (south of Idenburg: central-northern Irian Jaya)
- D. h. lieftincki Roepke, 1955 (Ibele Valley, Wamena, Irian Jaya)
References
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editWikispecies has information related to Delias hypomelas.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms