Delias itamputi

Delias itamputi
In Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Delias
Species: D. itamputi
Binomial name
Delias itamputi
Ribbe, 1900[1]

Delias itamputi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is about 45 mm. Males are similar to Delias hypomelas, but without the paler distal scent-area. The forewings have a black distal area which is slightly less broad than in hypomelas, and on the hindwings the black edging is more of a line. Females are black with yellow markings. The forewings have a greenish-yellow proximal area extended to vein 3, its edge not sharply defined and there is a subapical row of four chrome-yellow patches, often also a subcostal streak and a fifth spot in 2. The patches in 4 and 5 are larger than the others. The hindwings have the proximal three-fourths of the costa white, and there is a proximal greenish-yellow area extending to the end of the cell, its edge diffuse. There are usually two yellow submarginal dots in 5 and 6.

Etymology

The species name itamputi is Malay, meaning black and white one.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ribbe, 1900 Neue Lepidopteren aus Neu-Guinea Insekten-Börse 17 (39): 308, (42): 329-330, (44): 346
  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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