Appias phaola

Appias phaola
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Appias
Species:	A. phaola
Binomial name
Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
Pieris phaola Doubleday, 1847 Appias (Glutophrissa) phaola Pieris rhodanus Ward, 1871 Appias phaeola f. ochrea Bartel, 1905 Appias phaola r. intermedia Dufrane, 1948 Belenois isokani Grose-Smith, 1889 Mylothris nagare Grose-Smith, 1889

Appias phaola, the Congo white, dirty albatross, dirty albatross white or plain albatross, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.^[2] The habitat consists of primary wet forests.

Adults have a relatively fast flight. They tend to keep to the shade of the forest. Males engage in mud-puddling and both sexes are attracted to flowers.

Subspecies

• Appias phaola phaola (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Congo)
• Appias phaola intermedia Dufrane, 1948 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, western Tanzania)
• Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889) (coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania, Malawi)

References

1. Appias, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subtribe Appiadina

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 11