Delias dice    Snellen van Vollenhoven 1863

Subspecies : dice - Snellen van Vollenhoven 1863
                            f.nigroapicalis - Roepke 1955
fulvoflava - Rothschild 1915
samarai - Joicey & Talbot
mitisana - Strand 1916
       (homonym) dorothea  - Mitis 1893
                          f.leucana      - Strand 1916
                         f.latoclavata - Van Eecke 1924
                        ab.pictula - Strand 1916
latimarginata - Joicey & Talbot 1925
rectifascia - Talbot 1928
ssp. nov -

                                                                                         Male verso

Delias dice dice

©Jean-François Labbé

Wingspan : 48-56mm
Range        : dice - Central Irian Jaya
fulvoflava - Snow Mtns, Irian Jaya
samarai - S.W.Papua New Guinea
mitisana - Vogelkop, Irian Jaya & Waigeu Island
latimarginata - Weyland Mtns, Irian Jaya
rectifascia - Rossel Island
ssp. nov - Yapen Island
Notes         :
There is much confusion between this species and D. enniana.

Male: Upperside white. Fore wing with diffuse inner edge of the black marginal border , its edge but slightly produced at vein 4. Two small white  subapical spots. Hind wing with narrow black marginal border becoming more narrow from vein 4 to the costa.

Underside of fore wing much as in D. enniana, the postcellular white bar variable in width. Submarginal spots small, the two anterior ones yellow, more distinct than in D. d. mitisana. Base of cell strongly washed with yellow. Hind wing darker yellow than in enniana, distally between vein 4 and the costa some slight white suffusion never extended as in enniana. Grey-black marginal border with five yellow submarginal spots.

Female: Upperside resembles D. enniana, but the postcellular white bar narrower, isolated and extending only to vein 5, the white proximal area reaching vein 4. Two yellowish subapical spots, usually indistinct. Hind wing tinged creamy-white. A black marginal border usually over 4mm wide.

Underside of fore wing similar to upperside, the submarginal spots more distinct, the anterior three spots being orange and more strongly marked than the others. The cell is washed with yellow for the greater part. Hind wing yellow as in the male, and with wider grey-black border of variable width, sometimes reaching 8mm., border not quite reaching the cell, its edge straight and sharply-defined . Proximal area deep yellow, the veins white, and some white suffusion in the bases of cellules 5 and 6. Six submarginal orange spots prominent, the anterior one rounded and not larger than some of the others.