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Delias flavistriga flavistriga male
Pass Valley, West Papua, 4 July 2016
Picture by Hiro Takenouchi

 

Subspecies and range of Delias flavistriga :

flavistriga Roepke 1955 - Ibele river, Papua

shounan Yagishita 1993 - Ilu, Central Mts, Papua

ilagaensis van Mastrigt 1989 - Ilaga, Central Mtns, Papua

 

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Notes on Delias flavistriga :

Typical of the majority in this group, it can be distinguished by the presence of a yellow streak along the anal margin (also found in D.arabuana) combined with a V-shaped red marking within the cell of the hindwing unlike arabuana.

 

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