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Delias mysis (Union Jack)

Synonyms: Delias lara intermedia; Pieris cruentata

Wikipedia Abstract

Delias mysis, the Union Jack or red-banded Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is endemic to northern Australia, New Guinea and neighbouring islands. The common name is a reference to the flag of the British Empire. The butterfly was given this name, because the patterns and colours on the underside of the wings of the males resembles the flag. The species has a wide variety in colours and patterns, hence a great deal of subspecies have been named. The wingspan is 60–70 mm. The larvae feed on mistletoe species, especially Dendrophthoe glabrescens.
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Prey / Diet

Dendrophthoe curvata[1]
Dendrophthoe glabrescens (orange mistletoe)[1]
Dendrophthoe vitellina (Long-flowered Mistletoe)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Delias argenthona (Scarlet Jezebel)2
Delias aruna (Golden Jezebel)1
Delias nigrina (Common jezebel)3

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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