Delias oraia    Doherty 1891

Subspecies : oraia - Doherty 1891
      (Synonym  vasumitra - Fruhstorfer 1910)
lydia - Fruhstorfer 1897
adonarensis - Rothschild 1925
bratana - Kalis 1941
      (Synonym  trig - D'Abrera 1982)
solorensis - Yagishita & Nakano 1993

recto                                                             verso
               Lombok, Indonesia - 2 February 1996
                     Copyright Clive Pratt/Les Day

Wingspan : 65-80 mm
Range        : oraia - Sumbawa, Lombok
lydia - Flores
adonarensis - Adonara, Alor
bratana - Bali
solorensis - Solor
Notes         :
Very similar to Delias descombesi, but with much brighter orange colouration on the underside of the male hind wing. The female underside is considerably stronger marked than descombesi.

This species is common.