''Delias kummeri'' is a

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 ...

in the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...

. It was described by

Carl Ribbe Carl Heinrich Michael Ribbe (November 16, 1860, Berlin - August 27, 1934, Radebeul Dresden) was a German explorer and entomologist. Carl Ribbe was an insect dealer in Berlin. He travelled widely in the South Seas, exploring Celebes, the Aru Isla ...

in 1900. It is found in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

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Subspecies

*''D. k. kummeri'' (Aroa River, Papua New Guinea) *''D. k. athena'' Yagishita, 1993 (Fakfak, Irian Jaya) *''D. k. chiekoae'' Nakano, 1995 (Mapia, Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya) *''D. k. fumosa'' Roepke, 1955 (Araucaria River, Irian Jaya) *''D. k. highlandensis'' Yagishita, 1993 (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea) *''D. k. rouffaer'' Yagishita, 1993 (Central Mountains, Irian Jaya) *''D. k. similis'' Talbot, 1928 (Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya)

References

External links

''Delias''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q1960190 kummeri Butterflies described in 1900