Delias eichhorni is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1904. It is found in New Guinea.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Description Original Delias eichorni spec.nov. Male Wings, uppersiJe. Forewing black, a large white triangular area from hinder margin forwards to R3, penetrating into the cell, truncate-sinuate costally, not extending to base; three white spots beyond apex of cell from costal margin to R3, more or less confluent, the first the smallest : two small white subapical spots. Hindwing for the greater part white; a somewhat irregular distal marginal band- black, tapering behind. Underside. Forewing black, a large deep cadmium-yellow area, deeply excised at the cross-veins; a row of five white submarginal spots, slightly tinged with citron-yellow, second the largest, fourth the smallest. Hindwing olive-black; a white band somewhat shaped like figure 3 obliquely from base of costal margin to disc, streaked or spotted with yellow between the veins, a submarginal row of large white spots, mostly nailhead-shaped, being produced to the distal edge, except the first; these also marked with yellow mesially; a yellow spot between end of band and SM2; this vein citron-yellow; abdominal margin more or less white in middle.
Female. Differs from male on the upperside in the forewing being more extended black and having the spots sulphur-yellow, in the hindwing being shaded with sulphur-yellow, and having a broader black border, which includes vestigial sulphureous spots; and on the underside in the forewing bearing a series of seven submarginal spots. Hab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. A small series. The wingspan is about 56 mm.delias-butterflies
Subspecies D. e. eichhorni (Aroa River, Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea) D. e. kerowagi Morinaka, Mastrigt & Sibatani, 1993 (Kerowagi, Papua New Guinea) D. e. hagenensis Morinaka, Mastrigt & Sibatani, 1993 (Southern Highland Province, Pap Creek, Papua New Guinea)
Taxonomy It is the nominotypical member of the eichhorni group.
References
External links
Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms