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A very striking species.
First described from specimens caught during the Wollaston Expedition,
by Rothschild in 1915, from a single male. Roepke, in 1955, described
D.k.chrysanthemum, from around
the Baliem Valley, collected by the Third Archbold Expedition. New
specimens have since been found from Tembagapura (klossi),
the Mulia-Ilaga-Ilu area & Homeyo, which, when pictured by Yagishita
(1993), he called
D.k.chrysanthemum, but which
Mastrigt has named D.k.gome(2000).
Also, material was found from the Star Mountains in Irian Jaya, which
Mastrigt named D.k.okse
(2000). Although not yet found from Papua New Guinea, it is unlikely
that D.k.okse
would not also be found on the PNG side of the Star Mountains. |
