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| recto Male verso |
| Indagen, Cromwell Range, 2000m., PNG |
| © Godfried Gerrits |
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Delias hyperapproximata Rothschild 1925 |
| Subspecies : No subspecies |
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| recto Male verso |
| Indagen, Cromwell Range, 2000m., PNG |
| © Godfried Gerrits |
| Wingspan : | c.40mm | ||||||||||
| Range : | hyperapproximata | - Rawlinson Mountains, PNG |
| Notes : |
| Originally described as a subspecies of D. pheres.
Distinguished by the yellow proximal area of the fore wing below.
Considered very rare in collections.
Original Description- Rothschild (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 15 - 1925) "Male and Female: Below differ at first sight from ph. pheres and ph. approximata having the basal pale area yellow, not white; on the hind wing the yellow patches are smaller, and the extreme forms of the female have a white disc without any yellow patches". |
