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

by Henk van Mastrigt

Delias callista Jordan, [1912] (iltis group)

ssp. callipulchra Gerrits & Van Mastrigt, [1993]
ssp. callipareia Roepke, 1955
luteola Roepke, 1955
ssp. callista Jordan, [1912]
ssp. miyashitai Yagishita, 1993


Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: In New Guinea represented with five subspecies of which four occur in Papua. The status of ssp. miyashitai is doubtful being in the middle of the ssp. callipareia area!

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: ssp. callista: Mt. Goliath, Korupun, Langda, Ninya, Sumtamon; ssp. callipulchra: Tembagapura; ssp. callipareia: Habbema Lake, Ibele, Ilaga, Ilu, Kanggime, Makki, Mulia, Pass Valley, Sinak, Tiom, Welesi; ssp. miyashitai: Mulia. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH. Website Delias of the World

 

 

 

 

last updated on 16th November 2012