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.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 It is endemic to Borneo.
Description Male:Upperside Forewing has a white ground colour with dark apical, costal, and edge border markings.Underside Hindwing: has a diagnostic dark ground colour and red submarginal spots .Upperside Hindwing: Generally white with a black marginal border that is typically narrower than that of the female. Female:Upperside.Black ground colour.There is a white spot towards the top of the forewing cell.Underside The ground colour is yellow. There is an arc of red spots in the submarginal region and a red spot at the base of the 7th cell. The female is larger than the male, with a wingspan of 80–94 mm (74–88 mm for males). delias-butterflies
Subspecies Delias eumolpe eumolpe (northern Borneo) Delias eumolpe masaeae Yagishita, 1993 (Mt Saran; Western Kalimantan)
Taxonomy
It is a member of the belisama group which includes Delias belisama Delias descombesi Delias oraia Delias splendida Delias zebuda Delias eumolpe Delias madetes Delias aurantia Delias aruna Delias levicki Delias apoensis Delias diaphana Delias ellipsis Delias aganippe
References
External links
Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms