Delias blanca is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Cajetan Felder & Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is found in the Philippines and Borneo.
Description Delias blanca has the rounded wings in common with Delias battana, above throughout black-grey, with lighter central area on both wings and with very distinct whitish submarginal patches. — apameia subsp. nov., of which only females are known, with the submarginal spots blue-grey instead of whitish and placed further from the distal margin. The yellow discal region of the hindwing is more extended in North Philippine specimens. Mindanao, Davao; discovered by Dr. Platen — nausicaa Fruhst. (54 f). The upper surface is very similar to the figured under surface, only on the hindwing the basal region is less sharply defined and somewhat lighter. The submarginal spots of both wings indistinct and the yellow region more restricted than in blanca. Very rare, only the one pair in coll. Fruhstoefer known, which Waterstradt found on the KinaBalu Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Subspecies Delias blanca blanca Philippines (North East Luzon) Delias blanca apameia Fruhstorfer, 1912 Fruhstorfer, H. 1912 Neue Indo-Australische Pieriden aus meiner Sammlung Ent. Rundschau 29 (1) : 5-6 Philippines (Mindanao) Delias blanca nausicaa Fruhstorfer, 1899 Fruhstorfer, H., 1899 Neue indo-australische Lepidopteren Soc. Ent. 13 (23) : 179-180 Borneo Delias blanca capcoi Jumalon, 1975 Jumalon, J.N. 1975. New Philippine butterflies. Tyô to Ga 26(2): 45–66. Philippines (Negros) Delias blanca uichancoi Jumalon, 1975 Jumalon op. cit. Philippines (Bohol)
Taxonomy Delias blanca is a member of the Delias nyse species group.
External links
Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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