Delias simanabum

MORPHOLOGY


External characteristics


Male 

Forewings: The forewing has an ill-defined black postdiscal area and some black dusting on the discocellular (Pequin, 2021). Hindwings The underside of the hindwing has brown markings (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 females have a black ground-colour and it is suffused with white markings. The hindwing is creamy-yellow coloured, with a black dusted basal area. The veins, except the discocellulars are black. The hindwing is lemon-yellow, with white edged distal stripes (Pequin, 2021).  

Subspecies and variation

 
No subspecies (Pequin, 2021).

Similar species

This species has a much paler colouration than other members of the group georgina species. The upper side forewing resembles Delias cinearscens, but is darker (Pequin, 2021).

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