Delias waterstradti is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1915.<Rothschild, 1915 Notes on and Descriptions of Delias, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 15 (85) : 172-180. It is endemic to Halmahera in the Indomalayan realm.
Description Delias waterstradti, sp. n. Male Above canary-yellow tinged with green; apex and costal area of fore wing and margin of hind wing brown. Below, fore wing black-brown, cell densely and rest of basal 1/2 of wing sparsely powdered with golden yellow; beyond cell and along nervures the yellow powdering is more densely present, almost appearing like a band of yellow patches ; a subapical band of large golden-yellow patches. Hind wing, basal 3/5 golden yellow, powdered in basal 1/2 with sooty black; outer 3/5 black-brown, with submarginal row of large golden-yellow patches. Taxonomy Delias waterstradti is a member of the Delias nyse species group. References
External links / delias-butterflies Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms