Delias niepelti

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.

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

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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