The Common Jezebel is one of the most common of the approximately 225 described species in the genus Delias.
    They are nomadic in behaviour and are found in a variety of environments, including, but not limited to temperate hill forests, tropical rainforests, dry open woodlands, and beach hinterlands.
   They are generally found all over India, except in the desert tracts, and up to an altitude of 7,000 feet (2,100 m) in the hills. They may be found wherever there are trees, even in towns and cities, flying high among the trees and visiting flowers.
   They are also commonly seen in gardens. The females can be seen flying amongst the trees in search of its food plants, while the males are more frequently observed visiting flowers for nectar.
   They rest with their wings closed exhibiting their brilliantly coloured ventraal side.
   They have bright coloration to indicate the fact that they are unpalatable due to toxins accumulated by their larvae from the host plants.
   Like other unpalatable butterflies the Common Jezebel is mimicked by Prioneris sita, the Painted Sawtooth.
   The Common Jezebel can be distinguished by the shape of the orange red spots on the hindwing. In the Painted Sawtooth these spots are very squarish whereas in the Common Jezebel they are more arrow head shaped. The Painted Sawtooth also flies faster and will also mud puddle, which the Jezebel will not.
   Regarding appearance, the female has more black areas along the veins in both wings and has a much brighter coloration on the outer marginal spots on the dorsal surface of its hindwing.
   The male has extensive white areas, leaving no trace of black on the basal parts of its hindwing.           The ventral sides are quite similar in both sexes.       The forewing is marked in white patches, among black veins.
   In dark specimens, the apical patches are yellow. Their hindwing markings are yellow with black stripes in between. The oval shaped reddish orange markings on black outer margin are outlined in white. 
   They typically fly high up in the canopy and usually come down lower only to feed on nectar in flowers. Due to this habit, apparently, they have evolved a dull dorsal side and a brilliant underside so that birds below them will recognise them immediately while in flight and at rest, and avoid them.
   Common Jezebels breed year round.