Red-spotted Jezebel
Female, profile, Released
Ellura
Red-spotted Jezebel
Female, Under Forewing
 
                      
Red-spotted Jezebel (Delias aganippe)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: White & Yellow Butterfly (Papilionoidea: Pieridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Red-spotted Jezebel (Delias aganippe)
This Photo:     🔍Female, profile🔎
Other name: Wood White

Thank you Thomas Mesaglio & Karen Weaving for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
The female we caught was ~25mm long with ~75mm wingspan.
A brightly coloured butterfly with red, yellow and white splashes on black.
One of the most spectacular inverts we've seen.
Did someone loose their 1970's kitchen curtains?

Allen Sundholm said "Freshly emerged !"

Copyright © 2022-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 25-Mar-2022
This species is classed as R (Rare) on the South Australian Butterflies & Moths website