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Delias lativitta formosana

Taiwan
1st July 2013
Picture by Jeff Lin

Subspecies and range of Delias lativitta :

. lativitta Leech 1893 - Sichuan

. formosana Matsumura 1909 - Taiwan

. parva Talbot,1937 - Bhutan

. yunnana Talbot 1937 - Mekong R, NW Yunnan

. tongi ? Mell.1939 - NW Fujian (status uncertain, synonym of yunnana ?)

. naga Tytler 1939 - Assam, SE Tibet

tai Yoshino 1999 - South China, N Thailand, Laos, N Vietnam

. yuani Huang 2000 - Metok, SE Tibet

. shaanxiensis Chou, Zhang & Wang 2001 - Shaanxi

. nepalica Katayama, 2017 - Nepal

. batangensis Yoshino 2022 - Batang (Sichuan, China)

 

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Notes on Delias lativitta :

This species is easily recognisable by the white upperside hindwing cell patch.
The females of the species are rare. Also the black Tibetan and Burmese ssp are not common in collection. 

Several subspecies have been recently described by various authors. 

 

Group belladonna species :