Delias nigrina, common names include the Black Jezebel or the Common Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, from Queensland, through New South Wales into Victoria. The butterfly has a wingspan of about 56 mm. It is found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, from Queensland, through New South Wales to Victoria.
The caterpillars from this family of butterflies are long, often green to brown in colour and usually covered with patches of short, white setae.
The caterpillars (larvae) are found feeding on various species of mistletoes (Loranthaceae) including Amyema cambagei (Sheoak Mistletoe), Amyema congener (Erect Mistletoe), Amyema miquelii (Box Mistletoe), Amyema quandang (Grey Mistleto), Benthamina alyxifolia (Shiny-Leaved Mistletoe), Dendrophthoe curvata (Curved Mistletoe), Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Orange Mistletoe), Dendrophthoe vitellina (Long Flowered Mistletoe), Muellerina celastroides (Coast Mistletoe) and Muellerina eucalyptoides (Creeping Mistletoe).
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea
- Family: Pieridae
- Subfamily: Pierinae
- Tribe: Pierini
- Subtribe: Aporiina
- Genus: Delias
- Species: Delias nigrina
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Hongming Kan
- Black Jezebel (Delias nigrina), Australian Insects, https://australianinsectsblog.wordpress.com/black-jezebel-delias-nigrina/
- Delias nigrina (Fabricius, 1775), Black Jezebel Butterfly, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Delias nigrina
- PIERIDAE, Whites or Yellows, CSIRO, https://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/lepidoptera_families/pieridae.html
- PIERIDAE Swainson, 1820, Whites, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Pieridae
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