Delias flavistriga Roepke 1955
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
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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