Delias ligata Jordan 1904
Subspecies : ligata - Jordan 1904
weylandensis - Joicey & Talbot 1922
dealbata - Talbot 1928
interpolata - Roepke 1955

                                                                       recto            Male             verso

Delias ligata ligata
                                                                 ©Les Day                         ©Robert Gotts
Wingspan :  45-52 mm
Range        :  ligata - Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea
weylandensis - Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya
dealbata - Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya
interpolata - Mt Sigi, Irian Jaya
Notes         : 
This species occurs with D. kummeri, though it is also found in the Weyland Mountains, where kummeri is absent. The only real difference in the pattern is in the red/black submarginal line on the underside of the hind wing which is continuous in this species, but broken in kummeri. Structural differences also occur  with the valve and scent-scale.

This is by far the commoner of the species.