Delias eumolpe

Delias eumolpe
In Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Delias
Species: D. eumolpe
Binomial name
Delias eumolpe
Synonyms
  • Delias eumolpe f. philomela Rober 1919

Delias eumolpe is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1889. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] It is endemic to Borneo.

The wingspan is about 74–88 mm for males and 80–94 mm for females. Adults may be distinguished by the red submarginal spots on the hindwing verso.[3]

Subspecies

  • Delias eumolpe eumolpe (northern Borneo)
  • Delias eumolpe masaeae Yagishita, 1993 (Mt Saran; Western Kalimantan)

References

  1. ↑ Grose-Smith, H. 1889. Descriptions of Ten More New Species of Butterflies Captured by Mr. John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3 (16): 312-319
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ↑ delias-butterflies
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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