Delias bakeri

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

The wingspan is about 47–50 mm. The forewings of the males have a white area reaching beyond the end of the cell to a variable extent, its edge nearly straight from vein 4 to the inner margin and farther from the tornus than in Delias mesoblema. The hindwings have a narrow black border between veins 4-6. Females have a black margin on both wings which is much wider than in males. The forewings have two white subapical dots.[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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