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| Delias belladonna belladonna |
| recto Male verso |
| Sannaba, S. Yunnan, China - July 1999 |
| ©Maurizio Bollino |
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Delias belladonna Fabricius 1793 |
| Subspecies: | belladonna | - Fabricius 1793 | |||||||||
| Page 1 | horsfieldii | - Gray 1831 | |||||||||
| chrysorrhoea | - Snellen van Vollenhoven 1865 | ||||||||||
| ithiela | - Butler 1869 | ||||||||||
| zelima | - Mitis 1893 | ||||||||||
| lugens | - Jordan 1925 | ||||||||||
| hedybia | - Jordan 1925 | ||||||||||
| Page 2 | burmana | - Evans 1926 | |||||||||
| f.hearseyi | - Butler 1895 | ||||||||||
| f.surya | - Mitis 1893 | ||||||||||
| kwangtungensis | - Talbot 1928 | ||||||||||
| f.pekiangensis | - Mell 1943 | ||||||||||
| malayana | - Pendlebury 1933 | ||||||||||
| yukaae | - Nakano 1993 | ||||||||||
| dempoensis | - Yagishita 1993 | ||||||||||
| endoi | - Yagishita 1993 |
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| Delias belladonna belladonna |
| recto Male verso |
| Sannaba, S. Yunnan, China - July 1999 |
| ©Maurizio Bollino |
| Wingspan : | 55-82 mm | (depending on subspecies) | |||||||||
| Range : | belladonna | - Yunnan | |||||||||
| horsfieldii | - Nepal | ||||||||||
| chrysorrhoea | - N E Sumatra | ||||||||||
| ithiela | - Sikkim | ||||||||||
| zelima | - Sichuan, W.China | ||||||||||
| lugens | - Assam | ||||||||||
| hedybia | - Thailand, Myanmar | ||||||||||
| burmana | - W. Nepal, Kashmir | ||||||||||
| kwangtungensis | - Fujin, Jiangxi, Hunan | ||||||||||
| malayana | - W Malaysia | ||||||||||
| yukaae | - Nan, N Thailand, Laos | ||||||||||
| dempoensis | - Mt. Dempo, S.Sumatra | ||||||||||
| endoi | - S Vietnam |
| Notes : |
| A very widespread species, with a large number of
subspecies, ranging in size from D.b.endoi at 55mm wingspan to D.b.yukaae
at 82 mm wingspan. The male is usually common, but the female much less so. It is difficult to distinguish off-hand from other members of the group. The main characteristics being the entirely yellow cell patch of the underside hindwing, the clearly defined discal sub-median patch on the forewing below, the shorter yellow basal patch, and discal spot in cell 6 being usually white. |
