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Delias luctuosa mizukamii |
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Delias luctuosa Jordan 1911 |
| Subspecies: | luctuosa | - Jordan 1911 | |||||||||
| archboldi | - Roepke 1955 | ||||||||||
| f.butyracea | - Roepke 1955 | ||||||||||
| mizukamii | - K.Okano 1989 | ||||||||||
| kuning | - Mastrigt 1990 | ||||||||||
| gottsi | - Gerrits & Mastrigt 1992 | ||||||||||
| magoda | - Gerrits & Yagishita 2000 | ||||||||||
| versicolor | - Lachlan 2000 |
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Delias luctuosa mizukamii |
| Wingspan: | 60mm | ||||||||||
| Range : | luctuosa | -Southern Highland Prov, Mt Groome, Papua N G | |||||||||
| archboldi | -Baliem Valley & Ilaga Valley, Irian Jaya | ||||||||||
| mizukamii | -Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||
| kuning | -Abmisibil,Star Mts, Irian Jaya | ||||||||||
| gottsi | -Snow Mountain, Irian Jaya | ||||||||||
| magoda | -Weyland Mts, Irian Jaya | ||||||||||
| versicolor | - NNW of Tabubil, West Sepik Prov, Papua New Guinea |
| Notes : |
| This species is confined to the Mountains of Papua New
Guinea and Irian Jaya. It was originally placed by Talbot in his Monograph of the Pierine Genus Delias as a subspecies of D.iltis, to which it bears a superficial resemblance. However, it may be distinguished by the larger amount of black on the forewings, both upper and underside. A new form has recently been found near Homeyo, East of Lake Paniai, which resembles D.l.gottsi. This has not as yet been officially described or named. The female of D.l.mizukamii has a white coloured upperside. There is a yellow form, f.butyracea, a name which is also used for the yellow form of D.l.archboldi. Original description (D. iltis luctuosa) : Jordan - Novitates Zoologicae xviii (1911) : "Male: A subspecie D. iltis iltis dicta alis anticis pro maxima parte nigris, posticis late nigro marginatis distinguenda. The white area on the upperside of fore wing extends from the hind margin to Mı and is much shaded with black in the cell. There is no white spot distally to the apex of the cell, excepting three subapical dots; the black border is 6mm. broad at the hind margin. The black margin of the hind wing moderately narrows behind, measuring 5mm. in breadth at R²; its inner margin is diffuse. It bears three white submarginal dots. On the underside the white area of the fore wing reaches to the lower angle of the cell and the base of R³, there being also a faint trace of a white mark beyond the apex of the cell; the black border more strongly narrows posteriorly than above; the yellow subapical band is slightly broader than in D. iltis. The central area of the hind wing is more uniformly suffused with sulphur-yellow than in D. iltis, the red line is thinner and the white spots placed at its outer side are smaller and more triangular, and the black marginal spots consequently larger." Female: Original description not available. |
