Delias niepelti is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2] The name honours Friedrich Wilhelm Niepelt.
| Delias niepelti | |
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| Delias niepelti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. niepelti
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| Binomial name | |
| Delias niepelti | |
The wingspan is about 68–76 mm for males and 62–80 mm for females. Adults can be distinguished from all others in the niepelti species group by the absence of a white costal patch on the underside of the hindwings.[3]
Subspecies
edit- D. n. niepelti (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
- D. n. henki Yagishita, 1997 (Abmisibil, Irian Jaya)
References
edit- ^ Ribbe, 1900 Neue Lepidopteren aus Neu-Guinea Insekten-Börse 17 (39): 308, (42): 329–330, (44): 346
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ delias-butterflies
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Delias niepelti.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms