Delias henningia, also called the Malayan Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz in 1821. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
The wingspan is about 66âÂÂ78 mm for males and 80âÂÂ92 mm for females. Adults have a band on the upper forewing, which is bluish-grey in males and white in females. The hindwings have a large yellow patch. On the underside, the forewing band is white in both sexes.
Subspecies
- D. h. henningia (Philippines: Luzon, Marinduque, Mindoro, Samar, Leyte, Negros and Panay)
- D. h. camotana <small>Fruhstorfer, 1910</small> (Philippines: Camotes)
- D. h. ochreopicta <small>Butler, 1869</small> (Philippines: Mindanao)
- D. h. palawana <small>Yagishita, 1993</small> (Philippines: Palawan)
- D. h. pandemia <small>(Wallace, 1869)</small> (Borneo, Palawan)
- D. h. romblonensis <small>Nakano & Yagishita, 1993</small> (Romblon Tablas, Sibuyan)
- D. h. voconia <small>Fruhstorfer, 1910</small> (Philippines: Bohol)
References
External links
- Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms