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Delias kuhni

Delias kuhni, Kuehn's jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Eduard Honrath in 1887. It is found in the Australasian realm.

It approximates to themis, with the forewing entirely black beneath. Hindwing with three light yellow submarginal spots. — sulana Stgr. is a good local form, with larger white spots on the forewing and six yellow and yellow-grey submarginal patches on the hindwing beneath.

Subspecies

  • D. k. kuhni (Banggai, Peleng)
  • D. k. prinsi <small>Martin, [1913]</small> (Central Sulawesi)
  • D. k. sulana <small>Staudinger, 1895</small> (Mangole, Taliabu)
  • D. k. yoshimiae <small>Yagishita, 1989</small> (Buru)

References

External links

  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms