Delias subnubila Leech 1893
Delias subnubila subnubila male
Sichuan (China).
Picture : Tony Hoare
Subspecies and range of Delias subnubila :
. subnubila Leech,1893 - N Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, W. China
. conspicua ? Mell., 1939 - S Yunnan, Fujian, Jiangzi, SE Tibet (status uncertain)
Notes on Delias subnubila :
Similar to Delias wilemani, but lacking a large yellow patch in cellule 2, on the hindwing recto.
According to Chris Davenport, "many authors have treated conspicua as a synonym of subnubila which is variable on a geographic cline – light forms in the north, the TL of subnubila, figs 1-2&10 and darker forms in the south east that may represent conspicua".
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