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recto Male verso recto Female verso |
| 27 March 1995- Ceram, Indonesia - 6 March 1995 |
| İLes Day İClive Pratt/Les Day |
|
Delias stresemanni Rothschild 1915 |
| Subspecies : | No subspecies | ||||||||||
| f.oenus | - Talbot 1920 | ||||||||||
| f.mediofasciata | - Talbot 1920 | ||||||||||
| f.lutea | - Talbot 1920 | ||||||||||
| f.basiflava | - Talbot 1920 |
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|
recto Male verso recto Female verso |
| 27 March 1995- Ceram, Indonesia - 6 March 1995 |
| İLes Day İClive Pratt/Les Day |
| Wingspan : | 50-55 mm | ||||||||||
| Range : | stresemanni | - Ceram Island, Indonesia |
| Notes : |
| The
female
of
this
species
is
extremely
variable
with
five
named
forms.
Apart
from
the
typical
form
described
below,
females
can
have
a
complete
absence
of
any
band
on
the
underside
hind
wing
(f.
oenus),
a
broad
yellow
or
yellowish-white
discal
band
from
costa
to
inner
margin
(f.
mediofasciata),
upperside
buff-yellow
instead
of
grey
(f.
lutea)
and
with
the
hind
wing
below
with
the
proximal
area
to
beyond
the
cell
yellow
or
yellowish-white,
some
admixture
of
dark
scaling
in
the
basal
area
(f.
basiflava).
Original description : Rothschild Novitates Zoologicae xxii, p.110 (1915) - "Male: Above- Fore wing cream white, apex broadly black running down in diminishing width along termen to vein 2, costa black. Hind wing cream-white narrowly edged with black. Below - Fore wing black-brown with strong metallic bronzy glaze, a white dot at the end of cell, three yellow spots in apex and three whitish small spots along termen. Hind wing black-brown strongly glazed with metallic bronze, and orange costal band and a terminal line of orange streaks, a white spot at apex of cell and a broad cloud-like whitish postmedian band. Female: Above - Fore wing, basal three-fifths obliquely pale grey, outer two-fifths obliquely black-brown with a curved subterminal row of grey streaks. Hind wing basal two-thirds pale grey, outer one-third black-brown. Below - Fore wing black-brown glossed with metallic bronze basal and cellular areas slightly powdered with yellow scales, a subterminal curved band of white oblong spots. Hind wing black-brown strongly glossed with metallic bronze, a white spot at the end of cell, basal streak and row of subterminal spots golden yellow." |
