Delias hypomelas

Delias hypomelas is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1907. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2] It has a white form named "argentata"

Delias hypomelas
In Seitz
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. hypomelas
Binomial name
Delias hypomelas
Synonyms
  • Delias itamputi hypomelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1907

The wingspan is about 60–64 mm.

Subspecies
  • D. h. hypomelas (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. h. conversa Jordan, [1912] (Mount Goliath, Irian Jaya; Western Province, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. h. rubrostriata Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya)
  • D. h. rawlinsoni Talbot, 1928 (Rawlinson Mountains, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. h. fulgida Roepke, 1955 (south of Idenburg: central-northern Irian Jaya)
  • D. h. lieftincki Roepke, 1955 (Ibele Valley, Wamena, Irian Jaya)

References
  1. Rothschild & Jordan, 1907 Lepidopteren aus Neu-Guinea Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1907: 189–198
  2. Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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