Delias oraia

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Delias oraia
In Henley Grose-Smith and William Forsell Kirby's Rhopalocera exotica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

Subspecies[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  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

External links[edit]

  • Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms