Delias pasithoe Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies : pasithoe - Linnaeus 1758
Page 1            (Homonym   aglaia

- Linnaeus 1758)

           f.lucina - Butler 1869
          f.basialba - Chou, Zhang, Wang 2001
dione - Drury 1773
porsenna - Cramer 1775
cyrania - Fruhstorfer 1913
egialea - Cramer 1777
          (Synonym  apriate - Hubner 1816)
           f.fusconiger - Goeze 1779
          f.albipictus - Goeze 1779
          f.tyche - Hubner 1816
Page 2 parthenope - Wallace 1867
         f.distanti - Staudinger 1869
pandecta - Staudinger 1869
grisea - Fruhstorfer 1897
thyra - Fruhstorfer 1895
        f.tonkiniana - Fruhstorfer 1905
                ab.addenda - Dufrane 1947
       ab.fasciata - Dufrane 1947
beata - Fruhstorfer 1905
Page 3 goda - Fruhstorfer 1905
       f.flavifascia - Joicey & Talbot 1924
      f.elisa - Rober 1919
curasena - Fruhstorfer 1908
balabaca - Fruhstorfer 1911
angustifascia - Rothschild 1915
horracki - Joicey & Talbot 1916
Page 4 siamensis - Talbot 1928
nigrescens - Talbot 1928
mera - Talbot 1928
triglites - Talbot 1928
premo - Tsukada 1987
Page 5 yakamochii - Nakano 1993
tabitoi - Nakano 1993
takasugii - Nakano 1993
yoshidai - Nakano & Morita 1993
hitomaroi - Nakano 1993
silviae - Jakusch 2003

recto                      Male                       verso
Delias pasithoe parthenope
© Clive Pratt
Wingspan  : 65-70mm
Range         : pasithoe - Myanmar, Yunnan
porsenna - S. China, Hong Kong
dione - N.E. India, Nepal
cyrania - Hainan Island
egialea - Java
parthenope - Malay Peninsular, Singkep Is.
pandecta - Palawan
grisea - Nias Is.
thyra - N. Vietnam
beata - S. Thailand, Myanmar
goda - N.E. Sumatra
curasena - Taiwan
balabaca - Balabac Is.
angustifascia - N. Borneo Mt. Mula
horracki - Bawean Is.
siamensis - N. Thailand
nigrescens - S. Vietnam
mera - Luzon ( Mindanao)
triglites - W. Sumatera
premo - Simeulue Is.
yakamochii - Sipora Is.
tabitoi - Belitubg Is.
takasugii - Bangka Is.
yoshidai - Banyak Is.
hitomaroi - Mt. Bawang  W. Kalimantan
silviae - Guizhou, China
Notes             : 
An extremely well known species, which has a large range, and is found in many differing forms. However, these forms are very difficult to distinguish on their own and much confusion has arisen.

A very common species, found in most collection.

The full life history is known.