Delias nigrina Fabricius 1775
Subspecies :              No subspecies

                                                                     recto                Male                 verso

İClive Pratt

                                                                     recto              Female               verso

İClive Pratt
Wingspan : 68mm
Range       : nigrina - Eastern seaboard of Australia from south of  Sydney to Cape York
Notes        :
A well known Australian species, represented in most collections. It is similar in pattern to D. harpalyce but is considerably smaller.

The life history is known, and like most Delias feeds on Mistletoe species.

Quite a few species of Delias have yellow forms, where any red markings are replaced by yellow. These aberrations are  rare.  That shown below is from The Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon, England.

Male verso - yellow form
Mt.Spee,Townsville, Queensland 27 April 1944
Coll. Royal Albert Museum, Exeter
İLes Day