Note 12 — Chapter III

A few models are also provided in the Oriental region by the genus Delias, which belongs to the Pierines. A common form, Delias eucharis, is white above but the under surface of the hind wings is conspicuous with yellow and scarlet (Pl. II, fig. 1). It has been suggested that this species serves as a model for another and closely allied Pierine, Prioneris sita, a species distinctly scarcer than the Delias. There is some evidence that the latter is distasteful (cf. p. 115), but nothing is known of the Prioneris in this respect. Other species of Delias are said to function as models for certain day-flying moths belonging to the family Chalcosiidae, which may bear a close resemblance to them. In certain cases it may happen that the moth is more abundant than the Pierine that it resembles[12].