''Delias toxopei'' 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 Roepke in 1955. 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 ...

. The

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is about 58–65 mm. Adults are similar to '' Delias eichhorni'', but can be distinguished by the greater amount of black on the upper wings.delias-butterflies
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Subspecies

*''D. t. toxopei'' (Baliem Valley, Ibele River, Irian Jaya) *''D. t. morosa'' Roepke, 1955 (Aruba River (Paniai Lakes) and Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya) *''D. t. uranoi'' Yagishita, 1993 (Mulia Central Mountains, Irian Jaya) *''D. t. nipsan'' Mastrigt, 1995 (Nipsan, Irian Jaya)

References

External links

''Delias''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q4593117 toxopei Butterflies described in 1955