Delias agoranis

MORPHOLOGY


External characteristics


Male 
Wingspan (mm): 79 (Grose Smith And Kirby, 1892).
Forewings: The upper side wing surface is white, with black veins. The costa of the forewing is grey-ish black. The distal margin is broadly black, with a series of white coloured submarginal spots (Pequin, 2021). Hindwings The hindwing surface is pale lemon-yellow, with a broad black margnial border. There are six large white spots on the sub-marginal row. Further, there is a series of black traingular marginal spots at the the end of the veins (Pequin, 2021).

Female  
The females generally have a different underside wing surface than the males, by being darker with broader margins on both wings (D'Abrera, 1982). The upper side of the forewing is brownish black, with dusky-white streaks. The hindwing surface is brownish black coloured, with greyish white submarginal inter-spaces (Pequin, 2021).  

Subspecies and variation

 
No subspecies (Pequin, 2021).

Similar species

Delias singhapura is superficially similar to agoranis. One can differentiate the two species from on another by comparing the presence/absence of the black vein stripes on the hindwing upper side; in agoranis, these stripes are absent (D'Abrera, 1982).

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