Delias aganippe, commonly know as the Red Spotted Jezebel (sometimes hypenated as in the Red-spotted Jezebel) or the Spotted Jezebel, they are in the family Pieridae, and are endemic to Australia.
The Red Spotted Jezebel are a beautiful butterfly known for its vibrant red and yellow spots on the underside of the wings. The upper side of the forewings is predominantly black with a white band (appearing more grey in males and cream in females of the species). The wingspan is 60–70 mm.
All Jezebel butterfly larvae are gregarious, found in groups on the host plants. They like to stay together. The larvae feed on host plants Amyema, Exocarpos and Santalum species.
- 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 aganippe
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Hongming Kan
- Red Spotted Jezebel (Delias aganippe), Australian Insects, https://australianinsectsblog.wordpress.com/red-spotted-jezebel-delias-aganippe/
- Delias aganippe (Donovan, 1805), Spotted Jezabel, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Delias aganippe
- Red-spotted Jezebel (Delias aganippe), iNaturalistAU, https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/243480-Delias-aganippe
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