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Delias themis Hewitson 1861 |
| Subspecies | themis | - Hewitson 1861 | |||||||||
| soteira | - Fruhstorfer 1910 | ||||||||||
| mihoae | - Nakano 1993 | ||||||||||
| yuii | - Nakano 1993 | ||||||||||
| kawamurai | - Nakano 1993 | ||||||||||
| intrae ? | - |
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| Notes : |
| The upperside resembles
D.singhapura, but with prominent
white submarginal spots. The underside of the hind wing is yellow
without any vein stripes, but with a wide black-brown marginal border
surrounding white submarginal spots. The species is confined to the islands of the Philippines. Male: Upperside fore wing apical black area sharply defined and not reaching below vein 2, extending to the cell and to half or two-thirds of cellule 3. Submarginal spots indistinctly marked. Hind wing with broad blackish marginal border, its inner edge usually nebulous. A series of white submarginal spots not well defined. Underside of fore wing with costa and apical half brownish-black. A subcostal bar of four white spots beyond end of cell, divided by the black veins; veins 2 and 3 white except at their distal ends. A series of five large ovate white submarginal spots, those in cellules 5 and 6 larger than the others. Hindwing lemon-yellow, the costa narrowly black. A broad brownish-black marginal border reaching to more than half the distance between end of cell and margin, angled at vein 4.A series of six white submarginal spots, those in 1c and 4 smaller than the others; these spots are proximally narrow, and the anterior one is washed with yellow. Female: Upperside yellowish- to creamy-white. Fore wing with brownish-black costa and apical half extending into the cell and to below vein 2. Spots of the underside showing through. Hind wing with rather broad brownish-black sharply defined marginal border with the spots of the underneath slightly showing through. Underside as in the male. fore wing with extended black area, the spot on 4 of the subcostal series reduced or absent. Hind wing margin as above, but still more sharply defined. Submarginal spots larger than in the male and the one in 5 also tinged with yellow. |