Delias pheres Jordan 1911
Subspecies :            No subspecies
                                             f. rectimargo            - Joicey & Talbot 1922

                    recto                 Male             verso                                   recto           Female              verso
                   İLes Day                          İRobert Gotts                İHenk van Mastrigt            İHenk van Mastrigt
                                                                                                              coll. Koleksi Serangga Papua
Wingspan : 58-65mm
Range        : pheres - Central to Snow Mountains, Irian Jaya; Western Prov. PNG
Notes         :
This is one of a group of very similar looking species. Talbot in his Monograph of the Pierinie Genus Delias put D. approximata, D. hyperapproximata and D. angabungana all as subspecies.

Male: Upperside purer white than in cuningputi, black area of fore wing enters the end of the cell. Hind wing with narrow black marginal border which below vein 4 is formed of spots of decreasing size on the veins. underside with brownish-black ground-colour. Fore wing with white proximal area extending into the lower outer part of cell and base of cellule 3. Four small yellow subapical spots and two smaller ones near the margin in 2 and 3. Hind wing pattern as in cuningputi, but the band marked with wider yellow bars and its outer edge more scalloped. the cell-spot is larger and so are the submarginal spots. There is strong yellow dusting below the cell and on the inner margin.

Female: Upperside as in the male but creamy-white. Fore wing with 3 or 4 yellowish subapical dots. Hind wing with heavier dark border which posteriorly is not quite broken up. Underside as in the male, the band of the hind wing wider.

Female f. rectimargo: Differs from the typical female in the uniformly broad and sharply defined black margin of the hind wing extending from the costa to the inner angle. On the hind wing below the submarginal spot below vein 2 is vestigial.