Delias belisama   Cramer 1779

Subspecies : belisama - Cramer 1779
          f.sthenobaea - Boisduval 1836
          f.erubescens - Staudinger 1891
          f.angaja - Fruhstorfer 1910
          f.atisha - Fruhstorfer 1910
glauce - Butler 1865
nakula - Grose-Smith & Kirby 1888
          f.vestalina - Staudinger 1891
          f.auratilis - Fruhstorfer 1910
balina - Fruhstorfer 1908

 recto                        Male                        verso
Copyright Clive Pratt/Les Day

Wingspan : 74-84 mm
Range      : belisama - W. Java
glauce - Sumatra
nakula - E Java
balina - Bali
Notes       :
A well known and common species throughout its entire range.

It is very similar to Delias descombesi, and is considered to be an extension of that species into the Indonesian archipelago.

The belisama mountain form, f.angaja, is remarkable in that the upperside has an orange colouration tending towards that of Delias aurantiaca.

The full life history of this species is documented.