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The Whites (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Pierinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Henk van Mastrigt

Delias ladas Smith, 1894 (chrysomelaena group)

ssp. waigeuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1917
ssp. fakfakensis Yagishita, 2003
ssp. levis Joicey & Talbot, 1922
ssp. wamenaensis Morita, 1993
ssp. yapenensis Yagishita, 1998
ssp. ladas Smith, 1894
sulfurata Roepke, 1955

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: At least six subspecies represent this widely distributed species in Papua. At some localities the subspecies status is not clear. The Arfak population of ssp. levis is also rather peculiar being so widely separated from those in the Central Highlands.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: ssp. ladas: Abmisibil, Batimban, Bime, Borme, Langda, Mabilabol, Walmak; ssp. wamenaensis: Karubaga, Kobakma, Landikma, Pass Valley, Sumbole; ssp. levis: Bilai, Hing (Arfak), Homeyo, Ilu, Jila, Modio, Mokwam (Arfak), Mulia, Sinak, Timeepa; ssp. fakfakensis: Fakfak; ssp. yapenensis: Ambaidiru (Japen Island); ssp. waigeuensis: Waigeu Island; uncertain status: Foja Mountains, Kota (Jayapura). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

last updated on 9th February 2013

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