Delias oraia
| Delias oraia | |
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| 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 Doherty, 1891[1] | |
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Delias oraia is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It was described by William Doherty in 1891. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ↑ delias-butterflies
External links
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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