''Delias ennia'', the yellow-banded Jezebel, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...
. It is found in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
and several surrounding islands.
The
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is 50 mm.
The larvae feed on ''
Notothixos leiophyllus
''Notothixos''Oliver D (1863) ''J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot.'' 7: 103 864 publ. 1863/ref> is a genus of mistletoe plant in the family Santalaceae.
Species
The Catalogue of Life lists:
* ''Notothixos cornifolius''
* ''Notothixos floccosus''
* ''No ...
''. The larvae spread silk around the leaves where they are feeding.
Subspecies
*''Delias ennia ennia''
*''Delias ennia mysolensis''
Rothschild, 1915 (Waigeu, north-eastern West Irian, northern West Irian)
*''Delias ennia multicolor''
Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Misool Island)
*''Delias ennia iere''
Grose-Smith, 1900 (Noemfoor Island)
*''Delias ennia jobiana''
(Oberthür, 1894) (Jobi Island)
*''Delias ennia oetakwensis''
Rothschild, 1915 (West Irian (Snow Mountains))
*''Delias ennia xelianthe''
Grose-Smith, 1900 (Papua (Milne Bay))
*''Delias ennia saturata''
Rothschild, 1915 (Goodenough Island)
*''Delias ennia limbata''
Rothschild, 1915 (Tagula Island, Louisiades)
*''Delias ennia nigidius''
Miskin, 1884 - Nigidius Jezabel (Cairns to Queensland)
*''Delias ennia tindalii''
Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (Queensland)
External links
Australian InsectsAustralian Faunal Directory
ennia
Butterflies of Indonesia
Butterflies described in 1867
Butterflies of Oceania
Taxa named by Alfred Russel Wallace
{{Pieridae-stub