Delias dorylaea

MORPHOLOGY

External characteristics

Male 

Forewings: The plume scale is broad and large (Yata and Morishita, 1979). Hindwings The hindwing underside has a black coloured border, which is deeply excised. The yellow coloured area is tinged with orange near the base (Yata and Morishita, 1979).

Female  
The females generally have a different underside wing surface than the males, by being darker with broader margins on both wings (D'Abrera, 1982). The forewing apically is more rounded and the black border is broader with the series of white spots being better developed (Yata and Morishita, 1979).  

Subspecies and variation

 
No subspecies (Pequin, 2021; Yata and Morishita, 1979).

Similar species

This species is similar to Delias baracasa, but lacks the black coloured vein markings (Pequin, 2021). This species is similar to Delias gabia, but can be distinguished by the yellow area which is tinged with orange and the black border on the hindwing is deeply excised in each space (Yata and Morishita, 1979).