Delias eumolpe is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1889. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] It is endemic to Borneo.

Delias eumolpe
In Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. eumolpe
Binomial name
Delias eumolpe
Synonyms
  • Delias eumolpe f. philomela Rober 1919

The wingspan is about 74–88 mm for males and 80–94 mm for females. Adults may be distinguished by the red submarginal spots on the hindwing verso.[3]

Subspecies

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  • Delias eumolpe eumolpe (northern Borneo)
  • Delias eumolpe masaeae Yagishita, 1993 (Mt Saran; Western Kalimantan)

References

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  1. ^ Grose-Smith, H. 1889. Descriptions of Ten More New Species of Butterflies Captured by Mr. John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3 (16): 312-319
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ^ delias-butterflies
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  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms