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. It has a white form named "argentata"https://delias-butterflies.com/species/group-geraldina/delias-hypomelas-argentata
The wingspan is about 60âÂÂ64 mm.
Subspecies
- D. h. hypomelas (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
- D. h. conversa <small>Jordan, [1912]</small> (Mount Goliath, Irian Jaya; Western Province, Papua New Guinea)
- D. h. rubrostriata <small>Joicey & Talbot, 1922</small> (Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya)
- D. h. rawlinsoni <small>Talbot, 1928</small> (Rawlinson Mountains, Papua New Guinea)
- D. h. fulgida <small>Roepke, 1955</small> (south of Idenburg: central-northern Irian Jaya)
- D. h. lieftincki <small>Roepke, 1955</small> (Ibele Valley, Wamena, Irian Jaya)
References
External links
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms