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“It was a simmering day in the mangroves, and a female Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete, family Pieridae) was quenching her thirst at the flowers of Teruntum Merah (Lumnitzera littorea). Her […]
![1. PaintedJezebel cat 4instar [wyc] - 2](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/1.-PaintedJezebel-cat-4instar-wyc-2-q8dgqhrdi38nmfchnasjn1swk7kas4zrbmbop6aagg.jpg "1. PaintedJezebel cat 4instar [wyc] – 2")
Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete metarete) caterpillars feed close together on leaves of their food plant for about 20 days (above). During this period they undergo five instars to grow to […]
The Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete metarete) is an attractive common butterfly (above). Its host plant is the Malayan Mistletoe (Dendrophthoe pentandra) (below). This semi-parasitic plant grows on the branches of […]
![Saraca thaipingensis [SunChongHong]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Saraca-thaipingensis-SunChongHong-q8dfl9k7qoswe58ddz8mryc2ksrq62blbk7zx9exdc.jpg "Saraca thaipingensis [SunChongHong]")
“Triggered by the recent prolonged dry spell, one of the Yellow Saraca (Saraca thaipingensis) in my condo has bloomed profusely (above). “This in turn attracted a steady stream of Painted […]
![PaintedJezebel-upper wings [wyc] - 4](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PaintedJezebel-upper-wings-wyc-4-q8df9ethjwkpz6g8lus0by0svv733h9gcw1k1mznu8.jpg "PaintedJezebel-upper wings [wyc] – 4")
I managed to save a pupa of the Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete metarete) attached to a detached leaf of the semi-parasitic mistletoe Dendrophthoe pentandra, its host plant. The leaf was […]
Teo Lee Wei and K documented the female Painted Jezebel (Delias hyparete metarete) butterfly laying her eggs on the leaf of its host plant, the Malayan Mistletoe (Dendropthoe pentandra). The […]
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