The Bible Museum Garden was visited by a Red Spotted Jezebel Butterfly (Delias aganippe) in early October 2012. which arise long white setae. Hindwing: ground colour bright yellow, the veins and transverse postdiscal band as on the upperside but much more broadly black, the latter extended from the costa to vein 2; the interspaces between the veins beyond the postdiscal fascia with a series of broadly lanceolate (lance-shaped) or cone-shaped vermilion-red spots, each spot very narrowly edged with white; the basal portion of interspace 6 white, in contrast to the bright yellow of the ground colour.
in New Guinea.
The forewings have the veins broadly black, this colour broadened triangularly at the termination of the veins, costal margin narrowly black; a broad black postdiscal transverse band from costa to dorsum sloped obliquely outwards from costa to vein 4, thence parallel to termen. It has bright colouration to indicate the fact that it is unpalatable due to toxins accumulated by the larvae from the host plants. Victoria.This species She and the other butterflies in their flock were at the end of their migratory flight from northern Victoria and the Flinders Ranges in SA. endemic to particular islands in south-east Asia, or restricted to Hindwing with the veins similar but for three-fourths of their length much more narrowly black; a postdiscal transverse black band as on the forewing but much narrower, curved and extended only between veins 2 and 6; beyond this the veins are more broadly black and this colour as on the forewing broadens out triangularly at the termination of the veins; the interspaces beyond the postdiscal black band pink, due to the vermilion colouration of the underside showing through.On the underside, the forewings are similar but the black edging to the veins much broader, the upper two interspaces beyond the postdiscal transverse band tinged with yellow.
It may be found from the beginning of August everywhere on the common 'mistletoe' (When born, they first make a meal of their eggshell and wander off to the nearest leaf-margin where they devour the leaf, side by side, and then move on to the next one. Delias is considered to have its evolutionary origins in the Australian region. The common Jezebel is one of the most common of the approximately 225 described species in the genus Delias. caterpillars are dark green with 2 dorsal rows of yellow spots, from
genus Many of the species are highly localised, being about 1000m.he eggs are
Antenna black; head, thorax and abdomen white, the apical joint of the palpi black; the head and thorax with a mixture of black hairs that give these parts a grey-blue appearance.Upper and undersides similar to those in the male, but the black edging to the veins and the postdiscal transverse bands on both forewings and hindwings are much broader.The common Jezebel are nomadic in behaviour and are found in a variety of environment including, but not limited to, temperate hill forests, tropical rainforests, dry open woodlands, and beach hinterlands.It is also commonly seen in gardens.
of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, New South Wales and On Aug 2010, a sunny winter day, we found two Common Jezabel Butterflies feeding in … The Common Jezebel (Delias nigrina) found in east Australia to South New South Wales. See more ideas about Butterfly, Jezebel, Beautiful butterflies. There are about 225 described species in the There are about 250 species of Delias, found in South Asia and Australia. certain mountain ranges, e.g. Like other unpalatable butterflies the common Jezebel is "Long, cylindrical and smooth with an oily gloss. We found two pupas of this butterfly but they were parasite by Chalcid Wasp. Leaf after leaf is collectively devoured by this group till they pass through the first few "Closely attached by the tail and by a band generally to a vertical surface with the head upwards.
Colour bright yellow; tubercles and a row of spots defining the wing-cases black. Two subdorsal rows of long white bristles springing from minute white tubercles; head, sides and back sparsely clothed with short white bristles: colour brown, head and feet black. The wingspan of both males and females ranges from 6.5 to 8.5 cm. yellow and laid in clusters on leaves of the foodplants.
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The Jezebel often flies high up in the canopy and usually comes lower down only to feed on nectar in flowers.
The Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete) is a medium-sized butterfly in the Pieridae family – the white, yellow, or orange butterflies.
The butterflies are popularly known as Jezebels.