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The Whites (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Pierinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Henk van Mastrigt

Delias hypomelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1907 (bornemanni group)

ssp. rubrostriata Joicey& Talbot, 1922
ssp. fulgida Roepke, 1955
ssp. lieftincki Roepke, 1955
ssp. conversa Jordan, [1912]

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in the Central Mountain Range of New Guinea. In Papua represented by four subspecies.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: ssp. rubrostriata: Lake Habbema, Homeyo, Ilu, Kamu, Kanggime, Modio, Mulia, Panggeima, Sumbole, Tembagapura, Timeepa, Tiom, Tuguwai; ssp. fulgida: Korupun, Ninya, Pass Valley, Silakma, Walmak, Welesi; ssp. conversa: Abmisibil, Batimban, Borme, Mt. Goliath, Langda, Okbibab, Sabin, Sumtamon; ssp. lieftincki: Iebele Camp, Baliem Valley. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

last updated on 9th May 2014

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