Jezebel

Description:

Pieridae; Pierinae; Delias henningia henningia Eschscholtz 1821. I am not skilled in describing butterflies. So I always hope that the photos give sufficient information. But Philepidoptera always give useful information: "The Pierinae is a group of butterflies in the family Pieridae (order Lepidoptera) that are named for their white wings with black marginal markings. The adult butterflies have a wingspan of 37 to 63 mm (1.5 to 2.5 inches). Sexual seasonal dimorphism in pattern and colour occur in many species." https://philippinelepidopt.wixsite.com/b...

Habitat:

As can be seen, this Jezebel was pictured inside a net which is obviously not its natural habitat. Here's what happened. At that time, I was captive breeding and captive rearing Hawk Moths for release into our local area. This was part of an effort to shore up their numbers which were suffering (in my opinion) from indiscriminate use of brush cutters on verges etc. So, one morning I hung up my netting to enclose all the Hawk Moth cages and give me a contained work area to rearrange my specimens, clean out cages and restock them with fresh foliage. While I was busy with all of this, the Jezebel flew out of one of the cages. My theory is that its pupa must have been brought in from our garden in amongst the variety of foliage I collected for my moths. So its true habitat must have been our front garden. After my daily chores for the moths was over, I released the butterfly into the garden and all was well.

Notes:

Nice pictures - http://www.delias-butterflies.com/specie... and https://spain.inaturalist.org/taxa/50445...