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Appias olferna

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Appias olferna

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Appias

Rank
  
Species

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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.

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Distribution

Appias olferna is native to southern Asia and south-western Oceania.

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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