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| recto Male verso |
| Khasi Hills, Assam, India - 1927 |
| Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter - ŠLes Day |
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Delias berinda Moore 1872 |
| Subspecies : | berinda | - Moore 1872 | |||||||||
| boylaea | - Butler 1885 | ||||||||||
| f. amarantha | - Mitis 1893 | ||||||||||
| adelma | - Mitis 1893 | ||||||||||
| yedanula | - Fruhstorfer 1910 | ||||||||||
| cooperi | - Tytler 1939 |
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| recto Male verso |
| Khasi Hills, Assam, India - 1927 |
| Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter - ŠLes Day |
| Wingspan : | Male 86-102mm, female 94-106mm | ||||||||||
| Range : | berinda | Assam, N. India | |||||||||
| boylaea | Nepal | ||||||||||
| adelma | C & W China | ||||||||||
| yedanula | N Thailand, N Myanmar & Yunnan (China) | ||||||||||
| cooperi | E India |
| Notes : |
| This species is the darkest of the belladonna Group.
Because there is no distinct character to the species, identification is
very difficult. Indeed the subspecies boylaea is very similar to D.
sanaca perspicua. The only means of identification is though its
uncus. There is a form of boylaea ( f. amarantha Mitis 1893) in which the yellow markings are replaced by brick-red. I am only aware of one specimen at the moment, currently in the British Museum, having previously been in the collection of Grose-Smith. |
