Delias ladas explained

Delias ladas is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1894. It is endemic to New Guinea.^[1]

Subspecies

• D. l. ladas (West Papua New Guinea)
• D. l. levis Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Arfak and Weyland Mountains, Irian Jaya)
• D. l. waigeuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1917 (Waigeo Island)
• D. l. wamenaensis Morita, 1993 (Ilaga - Wamena, Irian Jaya)
• D. l. yapenensis Yagishita, 1998 (Yapen Island)
• D. l. fakfakensis Yagishita, 2003 (Fakfak, Irian Jaya)

External links

• Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]