Delias approximata   Joicey & Talbot 1922
Subspecies : No subspecies
               f.rectimargo - Joicey & Talbot 1922

recto              Male             verso   

recto                Female              verso

İClive Pratt

             İRobert Gotts                             İLes Day
Wingspan : 40-45 mm
Range        : approximata - Central Mtns, Irian Jaya
Notes         :
The most widespread of this group. Originally placed as a subspecies of D. pheres.

Male: Upperside as in pheres. Underside of fore wing with the white area extended into the lower part of cell from below vein 2 to almost the cross-veins, more extended in cellule 3 and to near the tornus. Hind wing as in pheres.

Female: Upperside as in pheres, but with reduced dark basal area on the fore wing. Some specimens tinged with yellow on the fore wing and some are milky-white with a gloss. Underside as in the male but band of hind wing wider and more white.