Delias kuhni

Delias kuhni, Kuehn's jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Eduard Honrath in 1887. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Delias kuhni
Delias kuehni in Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift (1865)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. kuhni
Binomial name
Delias kuhni
Synonyms
  • Delias kuehni
  • Delias prinsi Martin, [1913]

The wingspan is about 80–85 mm. Males are white, the forewings with a greyish-black distal area, the edge of which is ill-defined. This area does not enter the cell and narrows posteriorly. There are five subapical white spots, the ones in 5 and 6 longer than the others. The costa and basal area are greyish-black. The hindwings have some black marginal spots, the posterior ones usually oblong and much larger than the others on veins 2-4. There is some greyish-black dusting at the base. Females are greyish-black, the forewings with a series of seven indistinct whitish submarginal spots, the anterior three narrower than in the males. The hindwings have the inner margin to the cell and to before the angle white. There is a series of distinct submarginal spots.[3]

Subspecies
  • D. k. kuhni (Banggai, Peleng)
  • D. k. prinsi Martin, [1913] (Central Sulawesi)
  • D. k. sulana Staudinger, 1895 (Mangole, Taliabu)
  • D. k. yoshimiae Yagishita, 1989 (Buru)

References
  1. Honrath, 1886 Neue Rhopalocera (4 & 5) Berl. ent. Z. 30 (1): 129-131, pl. 5, (2): 294-296, pl. 6 (1887)
  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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