Species Delias nysa (Fabricius, 1775)

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Species Delias nysa (Fabricius, 1775)

Yellow-spotted Jezebel

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [140]
Talbot, G. 1929. A Monograph of the Pierine Genus Delias. Pt 3. London : British Museum pp. 117-167. [Date published 29/August/1929] [128]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—New Caledonia, Vanuatu.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- Victoria: SE coastal
New Caledonia
Vanuatu

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Korthalsella breviarticulata (Tiegh.) Danser [SANTALACEAE]; Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Endl. [SANTALACEAE]).

General References

Talbot, G. 1929. A Monograph of the Pierine Genus Delias. Pt 3. London : British Museum pp. 117-167. [Date published 29/August/1929] [128]

Yagishita, A., Nakano, S. & Morita, S. in Nishiyama, Y. (ed.) 1993. An Illustrated List of the Genus Delias Hübner of the World. Tokyo : Khepera Publishers Vol. 1 (text) xv 384 pp.; Vol. 2 [xi] 409 vi pp. 207 pls. [in Japanese] [63]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023	PAPILIONOIDEA	22-Dec-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
06-Sep-2017	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
05-Apr-2011		05-Apr-2011	MOVED
28-Mar-2012		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED

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