Delias oraia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Doherty in 1891. It is found in the Australasian realm.Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 Description Original A local form of the Indian Delias descombesi, and greatly resembling it. It lacks, however, the black marginal band of descombesii, the costa and outer margin of both wings being slenderly grey, especially at the ends of the veins, the cilia lemon. Below the five subapical lunules on the forewing are yellow, not white. The female is generally brighter coloured than that of descombesii. The hindwing, however, is much darker over the base and disc, but below the submarginal spots are bright lemon, and the hind-margin rich ochreous. Sambawa, 2—5000 feet, scarce. The specific name means beautiful in modern Greek. I thought it unnecessary to give my detailed description of the species.The reappearance in Sambawa of a local form of an Indo-Malayan butterfly unknown to Java, is remarkable.Doherty op.cit.
Subspecies D. o. oraia (Lombok, Sumbawa) D. o. adonarensis Rothschild, 1925 Rothschild, W. 1925 Descriptions of new Forms of Delias, with some Notes on others Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 15 (90) : 671-677 (Adonara, Alor) D. o. bratana Kalis, 1941 Kalis [Jorinus Pieter Adrianus Kalis] 1946 not 1941 in Lepindex (delayed war years?) Entomologische mededeelingen van Nederlandsch-Indië 7:6 (Bali) D. o. lydia Fruhstorfer, 1897 Fruhstorfer, H. 1897 Berlin Ent. Zeit 42:15 (Flores) D. o. solorensis Yagishita & Nakano, 1993 (Solor) Taxonomy
It is a member of the belisama group which includes Delias belisama Delias descombesi Delias oraia Delias splendida Delias zebuda Delias eumolpe Delias madetes Delias aurantia Delias aruna Delias levicki Delias apoensis Delias diaphana Delias ellipsis Delias aganippe
References
External links
Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms