Delias castaneus

Delias castaneus is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1909. It is found in New Guinea (Arfak Mountains).[2]

Delias castaneus
Delias castaneus in Kenrick, 1909 Descriptions of Delias from New Guinea (figs 2 male, 6 female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. castaneus
Binomial name
Delias castaneus
Kenrick, 1909 [1]

The wingspan is about 50 mm. Males are white, the forewings with the distal half black to the end of the cell, its edge not sharply defined, and the costa black at the base. The hindwings have a narrow black margin becoming merely a line below vein 4. Females usually have a slight yellow tinge, the forewings with the black area broader on the inner margin and usually extended into the end of the cell, leaving a white discocellular dot. There are two or three yellowish subapical dots or streaks which may sometimes be obsolete. The hindwings have broader black margins.[3]

References
  1. Kenrick, 1909 Descriptions of some new species of the genus Delias from North New Guinea, recently collected by Mr. C. E. Pratt Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 4 : 176-183, Plate VI
  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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