''Delias ganymedes'' is a species of
pierine butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the
Philippines. It has been recorded from Mount Canlaon (Negros Island), Mount Madia-as (Panay Island) and Mount Halcon (Mindoro Island).
The
wingspan
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is 55–60 mm.
Subspecies
*''Delias ganymedes ganymedes'' (Mt. Canlaon, Negros Island)
*''Delias ganymedes filarorum''
Nihira & Kawamura, 1987 (Mt. Madia-as, Panay Island)
*''Delias ganymedes halconensis''
Nakano & Yagishita, 1993 (Mt. Halcon, Mindoro Island)
References
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ganymedes
Butterflies described in 1981