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recto Male verso recto Female verso |
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Hydrographer Mtns, PNG - 2500 ft., February 1918, Coll by Eichhorn Brothers |
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Courtesy of Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter - ŠLes Day |
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Delias bornemanni Ribbe 1900 |
| Subspecies : | No subspecies |
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recto Male verso recto Female verso |
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Hydrographer Mtns, PNG - 2500 ft., February 1918, Coll by Eichhorn Brothers |
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Courtesy of Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter - ŠLes Day |
| Wingspan : | c 55mm | ||||||||||
| Range : | bornemanni | - Aroa River, Papua New Guinea |
| Notes : |
| A very rare species in
collections,
to
be
distinguished
by
the
reddish-brown
markings
on
the
hind
wing
below,
and
that
the
basal
strip
does
not
extend
into
the
cell.
Male: Fore wing above with white proximal area not reaching the end of cell, nor extending above vein 3 nor to the tornus. Hind wing with black marginal border about 6mm. wide on vein 6, narrowing posteriorly. Underside of fore wing as in D. caroli. Subapical white spots a little larger, 3 or 4 in number. Hind wing black with red-brown markings. A short and broad stripe occupying the base of cellule 7, a small rounded discal spot placed in the end of the cell against the cross-veins, a short distally pointed stripe below the cell in 1c, five submarginal spots, those in 2 and 6 placed more proximal than the other three, not rounded and usually pointed on the inner edge. A small white costal spot (sometimes indistinct) above the anterior red one. Female: Both wings with slightly extended black area. Fore wing with subapical white spots. Underside as in the male. Fore wing with 4 or 5 subapical spots, sometimes a minute sixth spot. |