Black Jezebel

Delias nigrina

"Delias nigrina", the black Jezebel or common Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, from Queensland, through New South Wales to Victoria.
Delias nigrina (Fabricius, 1775) Common Jezabel Australia,Black Jezebel,Delias nigrina,Geotagged,Summer

Appearance

The wingspan of both the male and the female is 56 mm.

The upper sides of the males are white with black tips containing white spots on the forewings, and narrow black margins around the hindwings. The females on top are grey with wide black edges, which contain white spots near the apex of the forewings.
Common jezebel - Delias nigrina Searching for nectar on lantana flowers growing in a coastal reserve Australia,Delias nigrina,Eamw butterflies,Geotagged,Winter

Food

The larvae feed on "Amyema cambagei", "Amyema congener", "Amyema miquelii", "Amyema quandang", "Dendrophthoe curvata", "Dendrophthoe glabrescens", "Dendrophthoe vitellina", "Muellerina celastroides" and "Muellerina eucalyptoides".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusDelias
SpeciesD. nigrina
Photographed in
Australia