Delias salvini is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is endemic to New Britain (Australasian realm).Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 The name honours Osbert Salvin.
Description Delias Salvini, sp. n. Male: Near to D. bagoe (=eurygania); but the primaries [forewings] on both surfaces with a small curved oblique subapical white band in place of the large sulphur-yellow patch of D. bagoé; the secondaries below with the crimson tapering submarginal band much more arched, so that its outer edge is almost parallel to the outer margm. Expanse of wings 65 millim.New Britain.
Taxonomy salvini is a member of the hyparete species group.
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Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms