Delias nigrina

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Delias nigrina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. nigrina
Binomial name
Delias nigrina
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio nigrinaFabricius, 1775

Delias nigrina, the black Jezebel or common Jezebel (also used for Delias eucharis ), is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, from Queensland, through New South Wales to Victoria.

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The wingspan of both the male and the female is 56 mm. [1]

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.

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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<i>Delias belladonna</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Delias hyparete</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Delias descombesi</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Delias pasithoe</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Delias acalis</i> Species of butterfly

Delias acalis, the redbreast Jezebel, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites.

<i>Delias harpalyce</i> Species of butterfly

Delias harpalyce, the imperial white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is endemic to Australia.

<i>Delias mysis</i> Species of butterfly

Delias mysis, the Union Jack or red-banded Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is endemic to northern Australia, New Guinea and neighbouring islands. The common name is a reference to the flag of the British Empire. The butterfly was given this name, because the patterns and colours on the underside of the wings of the males resembles the flag.

<i>Delias aganippe</i> Species of butterfly

Delias aganippe, the wood white or red-spotted Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.

<i>Phalaenoides glycinae</i> Species of moth

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<i>Jameela palmyra</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Ogyris ianthis</i> Species of butterfly

Ogyris ianthis, commonly known as the golden azure or Sydney azure, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is an uncommon species found in localised areas around Sydney and northern New South Wales and into southern Queensland. It inhabits dry sclerophyll forest and open woodland on sandstone soils.

<i>Ogyris genoveva</i> Species of butterfly

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Candalides margarita, or Margarita's blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1879. It is found in Australia and New Guinea.

<i>Ogyris abrota</i> Species of butterfly

Ogyris abrota, the dark purple azure, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia, from southern Queensland to south-eastern Australia.

<i>Delias agoranis</i> Species of butterfly

Delias agoranis, the Burmese Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1887. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, where it has been recorded from southern Burma and south-western Thailand.

<i>Delias iltis</i> Species of butterfly

Delias iltis is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Ribbe in 1900. It is endemic to New Guinea.

<i>Delias kuhni</i> Species of insect

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<i>Muellerina eucalyptoides</i> Species of plant

Muellerina eucalyptoides, or creeping mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic arial shrub in the family Loranthaceae. The species is endemic to Australia. M. eucalyptoides is pendulous in habit, unlike other Muellerina species, but has the long epicortical runners of all Muellerina species.

<i>Muellerina celastroides</i>

Muellerina celastroides, common names Banksia mistletoe and coast mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic arial shrub in the family Loranthaceae. The species is endemic to New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

References

  1. Michael F. Braby, The Complete Guide to Butterflies of Australia, Copyright CSIRO 2004.