Delias niepelti

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

Delias niepelti is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2] The name honours Friedrich Wilhelm Niepelt.

The wingspan is about 68–76 mm for males and 62–80 mm for females. Adults can be distinguished from all others in the niepelti species group by the absence of a white costal patch on the underside of the hindwings.[3]

Subspecies

  • D. n. niepelti (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. n. henki Yagishita, 1997 (Abmisibil, Irian Jaya)

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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