Delias jordani

Delias jordani 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] The name honours Karl Jordan.

Delias jordani
Delias jordani in Kenrick, 1909 Descriptions of Delias from New Guinea (fig. 7)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. jordani
Binomial name
Delias jordani
Kenrick, 1910 [1]

The wingspan is about 45 mm. Males resemble Delias heroni and Delias thompsoni, but the forewings have the white area more extended in cellule 3. The hindwings have the black marginal border more uniformly wider than in thompsoni but narrowing below vein 4, and more sharply defined. Females resemble the males, but are creamy-white with broader black areas and three or four small subapical spots, not very distinct.[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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