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Scarlet Jezebel (Delias argenthona) Kobble Creek, SE Queensland
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Scarlet Jezebel butterfly in Syzygium tree - photographed at Buderim, Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
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SCARLET JEZEBEL FACTS |
Identification
The Scarlet Jezebel is a beautiful butterfly with brilliant markings of red, white, yellow and black. It is usually seen high in the tree canopy where it feeds on flower nectar.
Other Names
Northern Jezebel
Size
wingspan: 57mm
Habitat
dry woodland, coastal paperbark woodland, suburban areas
Food
flowers such as Melaleuca, mistletoe
Breeding
lays eggs on a range of food trees. The caterpillars feed on the leaves and pupate on the plant.
Range
coastal Queensland and New South Wales, and top of Northern Territory and north eastern corner of Western Australia.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Pieridae | | Genus: | Delias | | Species: | argenthona | | Common Name: | Scarlet Jezebel |
Relatives in same Genus
Imperial Jezebel (D. harpalyce)
Red-banded Jezebel (D. mysis)
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