Delias eumolpe

Delias eumolpe
	In Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Delias
Species:	D. eumolpe
Binomial name
	Delias eumolpe; Grose-Smith, 1889
Synonyms
	Delias eumolpe f. philomela Rober 1919;

Delias eumolpe is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1889. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[2] It is endemic to Borneo.

The wingspan is about 74–88 mm for males and 80–94 mm for females. Adults may be distinguished by the red submarginal spots on the hindwing verso.^[3]

Subspecies

Delias eumolpe eumolpe (northern Borneo)
Delias eumolpe masaeae Yagishita, 1993 (Mt Saran; Western Kalimantan)

References

^ Grose-Smith, H. 1889. Descriptions of Ten More New Species of Butterflies Captured by Mr. John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3 (16): 312-319
^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
^ delias-butterflies

External links

Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[1] Grose-Smith, H. 1889. Descriptions of Ten More New Species of Butterflies Captured by Mr. John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3 (16): 312-319

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

[3] s-butterflies

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