caterpillars are dark green with 2 dorsal rows of yellow spots, from
On the underside they are gaudily patterned in red, yellow, black and white - the colours serving to advertise their unpalateable nature to would-be predators. The female has yellow, white, and orange-red wings with black lines.
The Common Jezebel (Delias nigrina) found in east Australia to South New South Wales.
Jun 8, 2013 - Delias is a genus of butterflies. On Aug 2010, a sunny winter day, we found two Common Jezabel Butterflies feeding in … Hindwing with the veins similar but for three-fourths of their length much more narrowly black; a postdiscal transverse black band as on the forewing but much narrower, curved and extended only between veins 2 and 6; beyond this the veins are more broadly black and this colour as on the forewing broadens out triangularly at the termination of the veins; the interspaces beyond the postdiscal black band pink, due to the vermilion colouration of the underside showing through.On the underside, the forewings are similar but the black edging to the veins much broader, the upper two interspaces beyond the postdiscal transverse band tinged with yellow. The wingspan of both males and females ranges from 6.5 to 8.5 cm. Most species are white or greyish on the upperside, with blackish margins and apexes. Ulysses Butterfly (Papilio ulysses) found in the rain forests of North Queensland. about 1000m.he eggs are
The Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete) is a medium-sized butterfly in the Pieridae family – the white, yellow, or orange butterflies. The Australian Admiral (Vanessa itea) widespread from Queensland through to New Sotuh Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and south Western Australia. certain mountain ranges, e.g. See more ideas about Delias, Jezebel, Beautiful butterflies. The Jezebel often flies high up in the canopy and usually comes lower down only to feed on nectar in flowers. which arise long white setae. It may be found from the beginning of August everywhere on the common 'mistletoe' (When born, they first make a meal of their eggshell and wander off to the nearest leaf-margin where they devour the leaf, side by side, and then move on to the next one. Antenna black; head, thorax and abdomen white, the apical joint of the palpi black; the head and thorax with a mixture of black hairs that give these parts a grey-blue appearance.Upper and undersides similar to those in the male, but the black edging to the veins and the postdiscal transverse bands on both forewings and hindwings are much broader.The common Jezebel are nomadic in behaviour and are found in a variety of environment including, but not limited to, temperate hill forests, tropical rainforests, dry open woodlands, and beach hinterlands.It is also commonly seen in gardens.