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IMPERIAL JEZEBEL FACTS |
Identification
The Imperial Jezebel is white above with broad black border on the outer edges of the wings. There are white spots in the black border of the forewings. The underside of the wings are chequered black and grey with bright red band on the hindwings and broken yellow or orange band on the forewings. Females are darker than the males above with broader black border edging the wings.
Other Names
Imperial White
Size
wingspan: male 67mm, female 72mm
Habitat
eucalypt forest
Food
larvae feed on mistletoe (Amyema species)
Range
found in Victoria and eastern New South Wales
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Pieridae | | Genus: | Delias | | Species: | harpalyce | | Common Name: | Imperial Jezebel |
Relatives in same Genus
Scarlet Jezebel (D. argenthona)
Red-banded Jezebel (D. mysis)
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