Delias sambawana is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1894. It is found on the Wallace line.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Description
The wingspan is about 60–65 mm. Adults are similar to Delias periboea and Delias fasciata, but larger.delias-butterflies
Delias Sambawana, Rothschild, Novitates Zoologicae I., p. 662 (September, 1894). Exp.3 and 1/4 inches. Male. Upperside. Anterior wings greyish-white, costa, subapical band. and upper two-thirds of hind margin greyish-black. Posterior wings greyish white, with the pattern of the underside showing through; hind margin black. Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish-grey. Underside. Anterior wings black, densely powdered with white scales; at the apex four white patches powdered with greenish-yellow scales, and at the hinder angle a large snow-white blotch. Posterior wings : basal two-thirds orange, powdered with dull greenish-yellow scales; outer third black, much powdered with yellow. In the centre of this black band is a row of large submarginal half yellow, half scarlet spots.Head and thorax beneath feebly greenish-yellow; abdomen white. Hab. Sambawa (September, 1891) (Doherty). In the Collection of the Hon. W. Rothschild and H. Grose Smith. Belongs to the group of B. hierte, Hubner. We think it probable that this species is the male of D. fasciata. Henley Grose-Smith 1887-1902 with William Forsell Kirby Rhopalocera exotica; being illustrations of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies.London :Gurney & Jackson,1887-1902.
Subspecies D. s. sambawna (Sumbawa) D. s. minerva Fruhstorfer, 1896Fruhstorfer, H. 1896 Neue Lepidopteren aus Lombok. I-IV Soc. Ent. 11 (13)(Lombok) D. S. everetti Rothschild, 1925 Rothschild, W. 1925 Descriptions of new Forms of Delias, with some Notes on others Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 15 (90) : 671-677 (Flores) D. s. boejanana Kalis, 1941 Kalis, 1933 Bijdrage tot de kennis van de Lepidoptera Rhopalocera van Nederlandsch-Indië Tijdschr. Ent. 76 (1-2) : 47-86(Bali) D. s. kenta Nakano, 1991 (Alor)
Taxonomy sambawana is a member of the hyparete species group.
References
External links
Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms