Imperial Jezebel Delias harpalyce
Wingspan: 67 - 72mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Sept 2021
Similar species Black Jezebel (Delias nigrina).
Distribution: NSW & VIC.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
Wingspan: 67 - 72mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Sept 2021
Similar species Black Jezebel (Delias nigrina).
Distribution: NSW & VIC.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
Imperial Jezebel Delias harpalyce
Wingspan: 67 - 72mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Sept 2021
Similar species Black Jezebel (Delias nigrina).
Distribution: NSW & VIC.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval Food Plants:
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Thought to be breeding at Claire Cottage: unsure
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 25/09/2021
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage:
Interesting Observation - this species first positively identified in flight at Claire Cottage on 25/09/21. The following morning the photographed dead specimen was found on the ground at Claire Cottage close to a large flowering Pittosporum undulatum.
Wingspan: 67 - 72mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Sept 2021
Similar species Black Jezebel (Delias nigrina).
Distribution: NSW & VIC.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: Sep 2021,
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larval Food Plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: LORANTHACEAE: Amyema congener (Variable Mistletoe),
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: (as for Claire Cottage)
- ELSEWHERE: LORANTHACEAE: - Amyema miquelii (Bronze or Box Mistletoe), Amyema pendula, Amyema preissii, Amyema quandang quandang (Grey Mistletoe), Muellerina eucalyptoides (Gum-leaved or Creeping Mistletoe).
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Thought to be breeding at Claire Cottage: unsure
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 25/09/2021
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage:
Interesting Observation - this species first positively identified in flight at Claire Cottage on 25/09/21. The following morning the photographed dead specimen was found on the ground at Claire Cottage close to a large flowering Pittosporum undulatum.