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

by Henk van Mastrigt

Delias ligata Rothschild, 1904 (kummeri group)

ssp. dealbata Talbot, 1928
ssp. weylandensis Joicey & Talbot, 1922
ssp. interpolata Roepke, 1955

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A widely distributed species in New Guinea with four subspecies. The nomotypical subspecies ligata is found in the Central Mountain Range of PNG but may also occur as West as the Star Mountains in Papua.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: ssp. dealbata: Hing, Irai, Mokwam; ssp. weylandensis: Enarotali, Homeyo, Ilaga, Moanemani, Modio, Timeepa; ssp. interpolata: Lake Habbema, Jiwika, Pass Valley, Sumbole, Tiom, Wamena, Welesi; ssp. ligata?: Abmisibil, Batimban, Borme, Langda, Sumtamon. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

last updated on 4th October 2012

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