Delias ennia

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Delias ennia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. ennia
Binomial name
Delias ennia
(Wallace, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Thyca enniaWallace, 1867
  • Delias dorotheaMitis, 1893
  • Delias theodoraTindale, 1927
  • Pieris jobianaOberthür, 1894
  • Delias xeliantheGrose-Smith, 1900
  • Delias nigidiusMiskin, 1884
  • Delias tindaliiJoicey & Talbot, 1926

Delias ennia, the yellow-banded Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and several surrounding islands.

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The wingspan is 50 mm.

The larvae feed on Notothixos leiophyllus . The larvae spread silk around the leaves where they are feeding.

Subspecies


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