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Delias madetes

Delias madetes is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is found in the Australasian realm.

D. madetes Godm. & Salv. (53 a) is clearly proved by its under surface to belong to the descombesi-group and is one of the most attractive species of the genus. The upper surface of the male resembles that of aruna. Female above black with the orange-coloured discocellular patch which also occurs in aruna and 6 whitish submarginal spots. The central part and the inner margin of the hindwing dirty yellowish white. The distal margin broadly black, enclosing 6 washed-out yellowish patches. New Mecklenburg. The wingspan is about 75–85 mm.

Subspecies

  • Delias madetes madetes (New Ireland)
  • Delias madetes honrathi <small>Mitis, 1893</small> (New Britain)
  • Delias madetes neohannoverana <small>Rothschild, 1915</small> (New Hanover)

References

External links

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