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Appias (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Tribe
  
Pierini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Appias

Higher classification
  
Pierini

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Appias (genus) ButterflyCircle Checklist

Lower classifications
  
Appias libythea, Appias albina, Appias lyncida, Appias paulina, Appias indra

Appias, commonly called puffins or albatrosses, is a genus of butterflies in the butterfly subfamily Pierinae (whites) found in Africa and southern Asia.

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Species

Listed alphabetically:

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  • Appias ada (Stoll, [1781]) – rare albatross
  • Appias aegis (Felder, C & R Felder, 1861) – forest white
  • Appias albina (Boisduval, 1836) – common albatross or white albatross
  • Appias aroa (Ribbe, 1900)
  • Appias athama (Blanchard, 1848)
  • Appias caeca Corbet, 1941
  • Appias cardena (Hewitson, [1861])
  • Appias celestina (Boisduval, 1832) – common migrant
  • Appias clementina (Felder, C, 1860)
  • Appias dolorosa Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Appias drusilla (Cramer, [1777]) – Florida white or tropical white
  • Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779]) – diverse albatross or African albatross
  • Appias galene (Felder, C & R Felder, 1865)
  • ?Appias hero (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Appias hombroni (Lucas, 1852)
  • Appias inanis van Eecke, 1913
  • Appias indra (Moore, 1857) – plain puffin
  • Appias ithome (C. & R. Felder, 1859)
  • Appias lalage (Doubleday, 1842) – spot puffin
  • Appias lalassis Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Appias lasti (Grose-Smith, 1889) – Last's albatross
  • Appias leis (Geyer, [1832])
  • Appias libythea (Fabricius, 1775) – striped albatross
  • Appias lyncida (Cramer, [1777]) – chocolate albatross
  • Appias maria (Semper, 1875)
  • Appias mata Kheil, 1884
  • Appias melania (Fabricius, 1775) – grey albatross
  • Appias nephele Hewitson, [1861]
  • Appias nero (Fabricius, 1793) – orange albatross
  • Appias nupta (Fruhstorfer, 1897)
  • Appias olferna Swinhoe, 1890 – eastern striped albatross
  • Appias panda Fruhstorfer, 1903 – Nicobar albatross
  • Appias pandione (Geyer, [1832])
  • Appias paulina (Cramer, [1777]) – Ceylon lesser albatross or white albatross
  • Appias perlucens (Butler, 1898)
  • Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847) – dirty albatross or Congo white
  • Appias phoebe (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
  • Appias placidia (Stoll, [1790])
  • Appias punctifera d'Almeida, 1939
  • Appias remedios Schröder & Treadaway, 1990
  • Appias sabina (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Sabine albatross or albatross white
  • Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775) – woodland white or common albatross
  • Appias waltraudae Schröder, 1977
  • Appias wardii (Moore, 1884) – lesser albatross
  • Appias zarinda (Boisduval, 1836) – eastern orange albatross

    • Appias (genus) Appias genus Wikiwand

    References

    Appias (genus) Wikipedia
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