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recto Male verso |
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Delias fojaensis |
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Peg. Foja, 1650m., Irian Jaya - 25 November - 6 December 2005 |
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©Henk van Mastrigt |
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Delias fojaensis van Mastrigt 2006 |
| Subspecies : No subspecies |
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recto Male verso |
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Delias fojaensis |
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Peg. Foja, 1650m., Irian Jaya - 25 November - 6 December 2005 |
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©Henk van Mastrigt |
| Wingspan : | c45mm | ||||||||||
| Range : | fojaensis | - Foja Mtns, Irian Jaya |
| Notes : |
| Very
closely
related
to
D.
kummeri,
but
can
easily
be
recognised
by
the
absence
of
a
red
spot
on
the
anal
area
on
the
underside
hind
wing,
which
is
always
present
in
kummeri
and
its
related
species,
ligata
and
isocharis.
The
discovery
of
this
species
leads
me
to
suggest
that
we
may
find
new
species
similar
to
ligata
and
isocharis,
but
again
without
the
red
anal
area.
Original description : Futao, Issue No. 51, 17 April 2006, pp14 - Male : Fore wing upperside white with black costa connected with black border, with inner edge slightly curved from thin black dc-bar to apex. Hind wing upperside translucent white, pattern of underside partly visible from above, with a small black border (<1.0mm) from vein M¹ to tornus. Fore wing underside white with black costa and black border of same size as upperside, bearing and apical streak divided by three black vein parts. Hind wing underside from middle of costa to base, along anal area and at border in cells CuA² and partly CuA¹ black, including a small red spot at costa, a red streak in base and a black subtornal line in 1A+2A and CuA² divided by black vein parts and accompanied by a variable white line. No red spot in anal area. Median part to terminal border white, with a very small black border from red spot at costa to black part in CuA¹. Female: Unknown |
