Delias rosamontana Roepke 1955

_{Delias rosamontana rosamontana male

Pass Valley

5 July 2016

Picture by Hiro Takenouchi}

Subspecies and range of Delias rosamontana :

. rosamontana Roepke 1955 - Snow Mtns, Papua

. osadai Yagishita 1993 - Ilu, Central Mts., Papua

. tanakaorum Morita 1996 - Magoda, Weyland Mtns, Papua

. timur van Mastrigt 2003 - Korupun, Papua

Notes on Delias rosamontana :

Very similar in pattern to Delias leucias, this species is to be distinguished by the the shape of the red markings on the sub-anal patch, which is longer and thinner in D.rosamontana.

Some ssp are also pinker than leucias but be careful, it is not the case of all ssp.