Yellow-spotted Jezebel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. nysa
Binomial name
Delias nysa
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio nysa Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio endora Donovan, 1805
  • Delias nivira Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Delias nysa, common name yellow-spotted jezebel (Australian subspecies), is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, described in 1775. [1] It is found in Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria), New Caledonia and Vanuatu. The wingspan is 50 mm.

The larvae feed on mistletoe species, including Amyema gaudichaudii, Korthalsella japonica, Korthalsella breviarticulata and Korthalsella rubra.

Subspecies

  • Delias nysa nysa (Cairns to Wollongong)
  • Delias nysa nivira Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (northern Queensland)
  • Delias nysa caledonica Nieuwenhuis & Howarth, 1969 (New Caledonia)

References

  1. ↑ "Species profile—Delias nysa nysa (yellow-spotted jezebel (Australian subspecies))". Government of Queensland. Retrieved October 11, 2009.


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