''Delias nysa'', common name yellow-spotted jezebel (Australian subspecies), is a
butterfly in the family
Pieridae, described in 1775.
It is found in
Australia
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(
New South Wales,
Queensland and
Victoria),
New Caledonia
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and
Vanuatu. The
wingspan is 50 mm.
The larvae feed on mistletoe species, including ''
Amyema gaudichaudii
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'', ''
Korthalsella japonica'', ''
Korthalsella breviarticulata
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'' and ''
Korthalsella rubra
'' Korthalsella rubra'' (common name - Jointed mistletoe) is a flowering plant in the Santalaceae (sandalwood) family, formerly placed in the Viscaceae.
Description
It grows to about 16 cm, and has distinctive green to yellow-green segment ...
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Subspecies
* ''Delias nysa nysa'' (Cairns to Wollongong)
* ''Delias nysa nivira''
Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (northern Queensland)
* ''Delias nysa caledonica''
Nieuwenhuis & Howarth, 1969 (New Caledonia)
References
External links
Australian InsectsAustralian Faunal Directory
nysa
Butterflies described in 1775
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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