Delias madetes is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is found in the Australasian realm.
D. madetes Godm. & Salv. (53 a) is clearly proved by its under surface to belong to the descombesi-group and is one of the most attractive species of the genus. The upper surface of the male resembles that of aruna. Female above black with the orange-coloured discocellular patch which also occurs in aruna and 6 whitish submarginal spots. The central part and the inner margin of the hindwing dirty yellowish white. The distal margin broadly black, enclosing 6 washed-out yellowish patches. New Mecklenburg. Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 The wingspan is about 75–85 mm.delias-butterflies
Subspecies Delias madetes madetes (New Ireland) Delias madetes honrathi Mitis, 1893 Mitis, H. von 1893 Revision des Pieriden-Genus Delias Dt. ent. Z. Iris 6 (1): 97-144 (1893), (2): 145-153 (1894) (New Britain) Delias madetes neohannoverana Rothschild, 1915 Rothschild, W. 1915 Notes on and Descriptions of Delias Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 15 (85) : 172-180 (New Hanover)
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Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms