Yellow-spotted (or Nysa) Jezebel Delias nysa
Wingspan: 46-47 mm
Sighted at Claire Cottage: Sept to May
Distribution: eastern Australia occurs sporadically from Cooktown FNQ down the east coast to Cann River VIC. Occassionally found some distance inland.
Migration distribution: possibly migratory in the southern areas of its range.
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Wingspan: 46-47 mm
Sighted at Claire Cottage: Sept to May
Distribution: eastern Australia occurs sporadically from Cooktown FNQ down the east coast to Cann River VIC. Occassionally found some distance inland.
Migration distribution: possibly migratory in the southern areas of its range.
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Yellow-spotted (or Nysa) Jezebel Delias nysa
Wingspan: 46-47 mm
Sighted at Claire Cottage: Sept to May
Distribution: eastern Australia occurs sporadically from Cooktown FNQ down the east coast to Cann River VIC. Occassionally found some distance inland.
Migration distribution: possibly migratory in the southern areas of its range.
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval Food Plants:
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Last Autumn sighting at Claire Cottage: 23/05/20, 21/04/21, 11/04/24
Wingspan: 46-47 mm
Sighted at Claire Cottage: Sept to May
Distribution: eastern Australia occurs sporadically from Cooktown FNQ down the east coast to Cann River VIC. Occassionally found some distance inland.
Migration distribution: possibly migratory in the southern areas of its range.
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE:
- Sept 2017, 2019;
- Oct 2017;
- Dec 2013, 2017, 2020, 2022;
- Jan 2023;
- April 2012, 2021, 2024;
- May 2020
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larval Food Plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None found to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: (as for Claire Cottage)
- ELSEWHERE: VISCACEAE - 1. Korthalsella taenioides forma pendula (synonym Korthalsella breviarticulata) (Flat-stemmed Mistletoe); 2. Korthalsella taenioides forma taenioides (synonym Korthalsella rubra subsp. geigericola) (Wilga Jointed Mistletoe); 3. Korthalsella japonica forma rubra (synonym Korthalsella rubra subsp. rubra) (Ribbon-stemmed Mistletoe).
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Last Autumn sighting at Claire Cottage: 23/05/20, 21/04/21, 11/04/24