Description

• Common Name : Red-base Jezebel
• Scientific Name : Delias pasithoe (Linnaeus)
• Family : PIERIDAE
• Wingspan : 70-90mm
• Colour : UNH yellow with black veins and margin, male mainly black on UP
• Habit : A typical Jezebel, flies from lower hills to 2100 mt from Feb to March
• Larval Host Plants : Dendrophthoe spp.,Nauclea rotundifolia
• Location : Throughout West Bengal

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