Delias caroli

Delias caroli is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1909. It is found in New Guinea.[2]

Delias caroli
Delias caroli in Kenrick, 1909 Descriptions of Delias from New Guinea (fig.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. caroli
Binomial name
Delias caroli
Kenrick, 1909 [1]
Synonyms
  • Delias caroli ab. flava Joicey & Noakes, 1915

The wingspan is about 50 mm. The forewings of the males are as in Delias castaneus, but with some white dusting beyond the end of the cell. The hindwings are also as in castaneus, but with a wider black margin reaching the anal angle. Females resemble the males, but the forewings have a reduced white area which is usually yellow-tinged, especially distally. There is also a submarginal row of five yellowish white dots. The hindwings have a wider black border and the bluish-white area is tinged with yellow distally.[3]

Subspecies
  • D. c. caroli (Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya)
  • D. c. wandammenensae Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (Wandammen Mountains, Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya)

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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