Delias hypomelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1907


New Guinea
Males are creamy-white with a broad black distal area on the forewings and a narrow black margin on the hindwings. The black area on the forewings reaches the discocellulars. The hindwings have the costa yellow at the base, forming a well-defined rounded spot. There is a white submarginal line, broken at the veins, from vein 7 to 2 or just below it, as well as a black discal patch, just entering the end of the cell, usually lying between veins 3 and 5 or 6.
Females have orange subapical dots on the upper surface of the forewings and traces of two more, and the proximal area on both wings is white.


45 - 50 mm

Delias hypomelas is a member of the clade Delias hypomelas

SpeciesAuthor
Delias heroniKenrick, 1909
Delias hypomelasRothschild & Jordan, 1907
Delias itamputiRibbe, 1900
Delias ormoensisvan Mastrigt, 2006
Delias sphenodiscusRoepke, 1955
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