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Delias aganippe

Spotted Jezebel at Fadden, ACT

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Identification history

	Delias aganippe	10 Apr 2016	KimPullen
	Delias aganippe	9 Apr 2016	ArcherCallaway

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In mistletoe. GPS not recording although on... so location approximate

4 comments

KimPullen wrote:

11 Apr 2016

Amyema is a recorded larval host plant of the Spotted Jezabel (meaning the caterpillars feed on it). This image may show a female laying eggs.

ArcherCallaway wrote:

11 Apr 2016

Thanks Kim. I often see them on mistletoes and they aren't really flowering right now so was wondering why

ArcherCallaway wrote:

11 Apr 2016

How do you tell apart females & males?

KimPullen wrote:

11 Apr 2016

Hi Ryu. The easiest way to tell males from females is to look at the upper side of the fore wings. In the male they are silvery grey, and at the front edge of the wing at about the middle position there is a white spot edged with black. In the female the upper side of the fore wing is cream, with an irregular black blotch in the middle of the front edge and 1 or 2 additional black spots not connected to the front edge. There are good images in Michael Braby's 'Butterflies of Australia: their identification, biology and distribution' (CSIRO Publishing, 2000). Unfortunately the butterfly in your image was shy about showing the upper side of its wings.

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