Delias hypomelas
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. hypomelas
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Delias hypomelas is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1907. It is endemic to New Guinea.[2] It has a white form named "argentata"[1]
The wingspan is about 60–64 mm.
Subspecies[edit]
- D. h. hypomelas (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea)
- D. h. conversa Jordan, [1912] (Mount Goliath, Irian Jaya; Western Province, Papua New Guinea)
- D. h. rubrostriata Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya)
- D. h. rawlinsoni Talbot, 1928 (Rawlinson Mountains, Papua New Guinea)
- D. h. fulgida Roepke, 1955 (south of Idenburg: central-northern Irian Jaya)
- D. h. lieftincki Roepke, 1955 (Ibele Valley, Wamena, Irian Jaya)
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External links[edit]
Wikispecies has information related to Delias hypomelas.
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms