''Delias oraia'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...

. It was described by

William Doherty William Doherty (May 15, 1857 in Cincinnati – May 25, 1901 in Nairobi) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and later also collected birds for the Natural History Museum at Tring. He died of dysentery while in Nairobi. Tr ...

in 1891. It is found in the Australasian realm. Seitz, A., 1912–1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9

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

External links

''Delias''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q13862181 oraia Butterflies described in 1891