Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Scientific name Appias olferna | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Appias Rank Species | |
Similar Appias libythea, Appias, Appias lyncida, Appias albina, Appias indra |
Appias olferna, the eastern striped albatross or Bengal albatross, is a butterfly in the Appias genus of the family Pieridae.
Distribution
Appias olferna is native to southern Asia and south-western Oceania.
The species is found from Bengal to Assam in India; in Burma, Laos, and Vietnam in Indochina; and on Christmas Island off Australia.
References
Appias olferna Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA