Delias poecilea is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1865. It is found in the Australasian realm (Moluccas)) Description D. poecilia Voll. (54 d). Hitherto only known from the northern Moluccas. The red submarginal band of the hindwing beneath narrower than in edela subsp. nov. (54 d) from Obi. an island form which shows above a broad deep black apical area with 5 white oblong spots and very broad black border to the hindwing, at the distal margin of which are scattered 6 white dots. The female is unknown. Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 The wingspan is about 62–70 mm.delias-butterflies
Subspecies D. p. poecilea (Halmahera, Bachan, Kasiruta, Mandioli) D. p. makikoae Yagishita, 1993 (Morotai) Taxonomy poecilea is a member of the hyparete species group.
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Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms