Delias oraia

Delias oraia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Doherty in 1891. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Delias oraia
In Henley Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. oraia
Binomial name
Delias oraia
Synonyms
  • Delias vasumitra Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Delias trig D'Abrera, 1982

The wingspan is about 65–80 mm. Adults are similar to Delias descombesi, but have much brighter orange colouration on the underside of the male hindwings. The female underside is considerably stronger marked than in descombesi.[3]

Subspecies
  • D. o. oraia (Lombok, Sumbawa)
  • D. o. adonarensis Rothschild, 1925 (Adonara, Alor)
  • D. o. bratana Kalis, 1941 (Bali)
  • D. o. lydia Fruhstorfer, 1897 (Flores)
  • D. o. solorensis Yagishita & Nakano, 1993 (Solor)

References
  1. Doherty, 1891 The Butterflies of Sumba and Sumbawa, with some Account of the Island of Sumba Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 60 Pt.II (2): 141–197, pl. 2
  2. Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. delias-butterflies
  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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