Delias caliban Grose-Smith 1897

Subspecies : caliban Grose-Smith 1897
satisbona Rothschild 1915

recto                    Male                     verso
Delias caliban caliban
Fergusson Island, Papua New Guinea - September - December 1894 (Coll. British Museum)
ŠAkira Yagishita
Wingspan : c. 60mm
Range        : caliban Fergusson Island
satisbona Goodenough Island
Notes         :
A similar species to D. ladas but larger.

Male: Upperside white. Fore wing with black distal area not quite reaching the cell, and shaped as in D.  ladas ladas. Hind wing with black marginal border at least twice as wide as ladas.

Underside of fore wing with black-brown distal area extended into the cell, along the costal margin to the base, and almost to the base of cellule 3. Two small yellow subapical spots in 6 and 7. Hind wing brownish-black. Basal third to middle cell dusted with greenish-yellow, more strongly on the costa. A small yellow submarginal spot in 6.

Female: Description unavailable.