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Delias aruna (Golden Jezebel)

Wikipedia Abstract

Delias aruna, the golden Jezebel, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Queensland, Irian Jaya, Maluku, Papua New Guinea and several surrounding islands. The wingspan is 70 mm. The larvae feed on mistletoe species, especially Dendrophthoe glabrescens. They live and feed in a loose silken web.
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Prey / Diet

Dendrophthoe glabrescens (orange mistletoe)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Delias argenthona (Scarlet Jezebel)1
Delias mysis (Union Jack)1
Delias nigrina (Common jezebel)1

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♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0