Delias ennia
Encyclopedia
The Yellow-banded Jezebel (Delias ennia) is a butterfly
in the Pieridae
family. It is found in Australia
, Indonesia
, Papua New Guinea
and several surrounding islands.
The wingspan
is 50 mm.
The larvae feed on Notothixos leiophyllus. The larvae spread silk around the leaves where they are feeding.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
family. It is found in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
and several surrounding islands.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 50 mm.
The larvae feed on Notothixos leiophyllus. 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)