Delias microsticha

Original Delias microsticha spec. nov. (PI. II. f. 18. 19, males). Male. Wings, upperside, white. Forewing: costal edge and a broad distal border black; this border gradually narrowed posticad, reaching as far proximad as base of R1 and being only 1 to l.5 mm. broad at SM2, concave proximally, slightly incised at the veins. Hindwing with thin black distal border. Underside purplish olive-black, glossy on hindwing and at apex of forewing. Forewing: a broad streak in cell, gradually narrowed to base, two spots beyond apex of cell, and a series of subapical respectively submarginal dots. Hindwing: a basal costal spot crimson; a spot in middle of costal margin, a row of submarginal dots, a spot in cell beyond middle, and a row of thin short streaks on disc yellow. Female. Not known. Hab. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. Several specimens. ==Subspecies==

• D. m. microsticha (Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea) • D. m. flavopicta Jordan, [1912] (Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya) • D. m. serratula Toxopeus, 1955 Weyland Mountains through the Snow Mountains to the Central Mountains, Irian Jaya • D. m. weja Mastrigt, 2006 (Foja Mountains, Irian Jaya) ==References==