Red-spot Jezebel
The red-spot Jezebel is a big butterfly from southern Asia. The male is white on top, but underneath its back wings are bright yellow with a black edge. Hidden in that black edge is a little red streak, which gives it its name.
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Fun facts
It belongs to the family of whites and yellows, just like the cabbage white butterflies of our gardens.
The male and the female look very different. The male is white on top, while the female is black with white spots.
With its wings open it is 8 to 9 centimetres across, which is big for a white butterfly.
On the female, the red streak under the back wing shines through the thin wing, so you can see it faintly from above.
Most asked questions about Red-spot Jezebel
?What does the red-spot Jezebel look like?
The male is white on top. Under its back wings it is bright yellow with a black border and a small red streak.
?How big is the red-spot Jezebel?
Its open wings are about 8 to 9 centimetres across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Delias descombesi
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Pieridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pieridae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Redspot Jezebel
Where the facts come from
- Delias descombesi (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Dr. Raju Kasambe. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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