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

by Henk van Mastrigt

Delias abrophora Roepke, 1955 (geraldina group - sagessa subgroup)

ssp. abrophora Roepke, 1955
ssp. bugebu Van Mastrigt, 1996
ssp. okbibab Van Mastrigt, 1996

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Mainly distributed in Papua. In Papua New Guinea a population is known from Wau which probably belongs to a different subspecies than the three of Papua, although the subspecies are all very similar in pattern.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: ssp. abrophora: New Guinea: Ekemanida, Enarotali, Mapia, Moanemani, Modio; ssp. okbibab: Abmisibil, Batimban; ssp. bugebu: Homeyo. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: KSP.

 

 

 

 

last updated on 8th April 2012

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