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Delias singhapura

Delias singhapura is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.It was described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1867. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Description

Thyca singhapura,n, sp. (PI. VII. fig. 2, $.)

Male.— Wings elongate; above, white, the costal margin and the outer half of the uppers dusky, nearly black at the apex, and with an ill-defined inner edge ; lower wings with a narrow interrupted black border behind, within which dusky patches of scales extend a short distance along the nervures. Beneath: upper wings white, the nervures of the upper half black-margined, the apex blackish, leaving a row of six distinct ovate white spots; lower wings bright yellow, the nervures black-bordered, and a rather broad black border round the hind margin enclosing a row of six whitish spots, the inner ones bifid, the outermost yellow-tinged.

Expanse of wings 3 and 1/8 inches.

Hab.—Singapore (Coll. Wall.).

Subspecies

  • Delias singhapura singhapura (Singapore, southern Malaysia, southern Peninsular Thailand)
  • Delias singhapura acuta <small>Rothschild, 1915</small> (Sumatra)
  • Delias singhapura indistincta <small>Fruhstorfer, 1897</small> (Borneo)
  • Delias singhapura simeuluensis <small>Kotaki, 1992</small> (Simeulue)
  • Delias singhapura tsukadai <small>Nakano, 1993</small> (Banyak)
  • Delias singhapura yusukei <small>Nakano, 1988</small> (Palawan)

References

External links

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