Delias ennia

Delias ennia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. ennia
Binomial name
Delias ennia
(Wallace, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Thyca ennia Wallace, 1867
  • Delias dorothea Mitis, 1893
  • Delias theodora Tindale, 1927
  • Pieris jobiana Oberthür, 1894
  • Delias xelianthe Grose-Smith, 1900
  • Delias nigidius Miskin, 1884
  • Delias tindalii Joicey & Talbot, 1926

Delias ennia, the yellow-banded Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. 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.

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)


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