Post by wollastoni on Nov 16, 2016 18:34:20 GMT
We, collectors, are always looking for something new, something unique.
Delias genus has some recurrent aberrations, like the yellow ab where red pigments appear yellow, which is a rather common aberration (maybe 1% of specimens in some species).
Here is an example of typical Delias argentata and a yellow ab from my collection :
I have seen thousands of Delias specimens in collections, museums, shops... but for the first time, I have seen "the ghost Delias" !
It is a white aberration of Delias bakeri where all black pigments are white ! The result is striking.
This is a typical Delias bakeri :
And this is the white aberration I have just secured :
This is the first time I see this kind of aberration on the Delias genus. Have any of the Delias guys here ever seen this kind of white ab ?
