Delias microsticha

Delias microsticha is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2]

Delias microsticha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. microsticha
Binomial name
Delias microsticha
Synonyms
  • Delias microsticha f. albifascia Talbot, 1924

The wingspan is about 62–68 mm. Males are white, the forewings with the costal edge and a broad distal border black. This border gradually narrows posticad, reaching as far proximad as the base of R1, it is concave proximally, and slightly incised at the veins. The hindwings have a thin black distal border. In females, the black borders of the wings are broader, and the forewings bear a row of white, or yellowish-white, submarginal dots and the white area is slightly washed with yellow.[3]

Subspecies
  • D. m. microsticha (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
  • D. m. flavopicta Jordan, [1912] (Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya)
  • D. m. serratula Toxopeus, 1955 Weyland Mountains, through the Snow Mountains to the Central Mountains, Irian Jaya
  • D. m. weja Mastrigt, 2006 (Foja Mountains, Irian Jaya)

References
  1. Rothschild, 1904 Lepidoptera from British New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek Novitates Zoologicae 11 (1) : 310–322, pl. 2-3
  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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