Description

• Common Name : Red-spot Jezebel
• Scientific Name : Delias descombesi (Boisduval)
• Family : PIERIDAE
• Wingspan : 65-90mm
• Colour : Both sexes yellow on UNH, with a long basal red patch along costa and a black border has large yellow spots. Males UP white.
• Habit : Prefers warm, low Himlayan valleys below 1500m. Fond of flowers, weak flier. On the wing from March to December.
• Larval Host Plants : Data deficient.
• Location : Himalayan West Bengal

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