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| recto Male verso Male verso |
| Delias cumanau f. kwerbae |
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Peg. Foja, 1650 m., Irian Jaya - 25 November - 6 December 2005 |
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©Henk van Mastrigt |
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Delias cumanau van Mastrigt 2006 |
| Subspecies : No subspecies |
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| recto Male verso Male verso |
| Delias cumanau f. kwerbae |
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Peg. Foja, 1650 m., Irian Jaya - 25 November - 6 December 2005 |
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©Henk van Mastrigt |
| Wingspan : | 45mm | ||||||||||
| Range : | cumanau | - Foja Mtns, Irian Jaya |
| Notes : |
| A
very
distinctive
new
species,
which
probably
shows
most
affinity
to
D.
campbelli.
Although
only
5
specimens
were
found,
they
included
one
variety,
shown
above,
D.c.
f-kwerbae.
Original description : Futao, Issue No. 51, 17 April 2006, pp 13 - Male: Fore wing upperside white with black costa and black to grey border with more or less straight inner edge from costa (just outside discal cell) to terman at CuA², where followed very thin (<0.5mm.) border to tornus. Radius and veins R5,M¹,M² black. Hind wing upperside white, with black border from M¹ to tornus. In base, along anal area and at inner edge of black border blue grey diffusion. Fore wing underside with slightly broader black border than on upperside, touching a thin black dc-bar and bearing three yellow subapical spots. Hind wing underside mainly black, with a white streak in the basal area, and a white spot in the terminal parts of cells Rs,M¹ and partly M², separated by black veins. From M² to apex a curved grey line with some reddish at inner side. Between small postmedian greyish white spot in M¹ and M² grey green anal area and a triangular spot with pink brown diffusion. In the form D. c. f-kwerbae on hind wing underside grey line from M² to apex is absent. Female : Unknown. |
