
(Northern Jezebel)
FAMILY
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Pieridae
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Species
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Delias argenthona
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Common name
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Northern Jezebel
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Main colour(s)
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White or pale yellow
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Distinctive feature
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Wingspan 62/61 mm, red spots on hind
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Campus
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Cairns, Townsville
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Description
Larval food plants are mistletoes, on campus Amyema miquelii and Dendrophthoe glabrescens are the main ones. Mature larvae have a dark greenish–pink to pinkish brown to yellowish-brown body with a row of white spots bearing long white hairs; head black with a black anal segment. Adults are white or pale yellow, margins black with some white spots, veins black; lower surface hind wing has a broad yellow area at the base and outer area black with a scarlet spot in each cell.