Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Delias pasithoe pasithoe Red-base Jezebel
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Subfamily:	Pierinae
Other Name(s):	Delias aglaja alaja (Linnaeus)
Other Common Name(s):	Common Black Jezebel
Description:	Caterpillars feed on Microsolen cochinchinensis. Wingspan ranges from 60 to 70mm. On flight throughout the whole year.

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Very Common

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Widely distributed throughout Hong Kong Global Distribution Nepal, NE India, N Burma, Tongking (Vietnam), Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian

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References

More on Butterfly in HK

Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999. The butterflies of Hong Kong. Academic Press.