Delias eumolpe
| Delias eumolpe | |
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| In Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. eumolpe
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias eumolpe Grose-Smith, 1889[1]
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Delias eumolpe is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1889. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] It is endemic to Borneo.
Description
Male:Upperside Forewing has a white ground colour with dark apical, costal, and edge border markings.Underside Hindwing: has a diagnostic dark ground colour and red submarginal spots .Upperside Hindwing: Generally white with a black marginal border that is typically narrower than that of the female. Female:Upperside.Black ground colour.There is a white spot towards the top of the forewing cell.Underside The ground colour is yellow. There is an arc of red spots in the submarginal region and a red spot at the base of the 7th cell. The female is larger than the male, with a wingspan of 80–94 mm (74–88 mm for males). [3]
Subspecies
- Delias eumolpe eumolpe (northern Borneo)
- Delias eumolpe masaeae Yagishita, 1993 (Mt Saran; Western Kalimantan)
Taxonomy
It is a member of the belisama group which includes
- Delias belisama
- Delias descombesi
- Delias oraia
- Delias splendida
- Delias zebuda
- Delias eumolpe
- Delias madetes
- Delias aurantia
- Delias aruna
- Delias levicki
- Delias apoensis
- Delias diaphana
- Delias ellipsis
- Delias aganippe
References
- ^ Grose-Smith, H. 1889. Descriptions of Ten More New Species of Butterflies Captured by Mr. John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3 (16): 312-319
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ delias-butterflies
External links
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms