Delias ennia, the yellow-banded Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and several surrounding islands.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Delias |
| Species: | D. ennia
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| Delias ennia (Wallace, 1867)
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The wingspan is 50 mm.
The larvae feed on Notothixos leiophyllus. The larvae spread silk around the leaves where they are feeding.
Subspecies
edit- Delias ennia ennia
- Delias ennia mysolensis Rothschild, 1915 (Waigeu, north-eastern West Irian, northern West Irian)
- Delias ennia multicolor Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Misool Island)
- Delias ennia iere Grose-Smith, 1900 (Noemfoor Island)
- Delias ennia jobiana (Oberthür, 1894) (Jobi Island)
- Delias ennia oetakwensis Rothschild, 1915 (West Irian (Snow Mountains))
- Delias ennia xelianthe Grose-Smith, 1900 (Papua (Milne Bay))
- Delias ennia saturata Rothschild, 1915 (Goodenough Island)
- Delias ennia limbata Rothschild, 1915 (Tagula Island, Louisiades)
- Delias ennia nigidius Miskin, 1884 - Nigidius Jezabel (Cairns to Queensland)
- Delias ennia tindalii Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (Queensland)
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