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Delias ladas Grose-Smith 1894 |
| Subspecies : | ladas | - Grose-Smith 1894 | |||||||||
| waigeuensis | - Joicey & Talbot 1917 | ||||||||||
| levis | - Joicey & Talbot 1922 | ||||||||||
| wamenaensis | - Morita 1991 | ||||||||||
| yapenensis | - Yagishita 1998 | ||||||||||
| fakfakensis | - Yagishita 2003 |
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recto Male verso |
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© Clive Pratt |
| Wingspan : | 65-70mm | ||||||||||
| Range : | ladas | - West Papua New Guinea | |||||||||
| waigeuensis | - Waigeu Island | ||||||||||
| levis | - Arfak & Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya | ||||||||||
| wamenaensis | - Ilaga - Wamena, Irian Jaya | ||||||||||
| yapenensis | - Yapen Island | ||||||||||
| fakfakensis | - Fakfak, Irian Jaya |
| Notes : |
| An
inconspicuous
species
of
medium
size
distinguished
by
its
almost
uniformly
black
hind
wing
underside
marked
only
by
a
small
yellow
spot
on
the
margin.
The subspecies vary in the amount of the black apical markings, the size of the small yellow subapical spot on the underside of the fore wing and the size of the small submarginal yellow spot on the underside hindwing in 6. I have not seen the original description of the typical form. |
