Appias (genus)

Appias
Appias phoebe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Subfamily:	Pierinae
Tribe:	Pierini
Genus:	Appias Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Catophaga Hübner, [1819] Hiposcritia Geyer, [1832] Trigonia Geyer, [1837] Tachyris Wallace, 1867 Andopodum Scudder, 1875 (preocc. Hübner, 1822) Glutophrissa Butler, 1887 Lade de Nicéville, 1898

Appias, commonly called puffins or albatrosses,^[1] is a genus of butterflies in the butterfly subfamily Pierinae (whites) found in Africa and southern Asia.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1][2]

• 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^[3]
• Appias perlucens (Butler, 1898)
• Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847) – dirty albatross or Congo white
• Appias phoebe (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
  

  Appias phoebe
• 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

References

1. Appias, funet.fi
2. Woodhall, Steve. (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town:Struik Publishers.
3. White Albatross, Learn about Butterflies

External links

• Images representing Appias at EOL