''Appias'', commonly called puffins or albatrosses, is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the subfamily

Pierinae The Pierinae are a large subfamily of pierid butterflies. The subfamily is one of several clades of butterflies often referred to as the whites. Species It includes the following species (additional species can be found under the tribes listed ...

(whites) found in Africa and southern Asia.

Species

Listed alphabetically: *'' Appias ada'' (Stoll, 781 – rare albatross *''

Appias aegis ''Appias aegis'', the forest white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in south-east Asia. Subspecies The following subspecies are recognised: *''Appias aegis aegis'' (Philippines: Mindanao) *''Appias aegis illana'' (C. & R. Fe ...

'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1861) – forest white *''

Appias albina ''Appias albina'', the common albatross, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in south and southeast Asia to Australia. Description This butterfly closely resembles ''Appias paulina'' but the males can be distinguished ...

'' (Boisduval, 1836) – common albatross or white albatross *'' Appias aroa'' (Ribbe, 1900) *''

Appias athama In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiade ...

'' (Blanchard, 1848) *''

Appias caeca In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiades" ( ...

'' Corbet, 1941 *''

Appias cardena ''Appias cardena'', the yellow puffin, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861. It is found in the Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It ext ...

'' (Hewitson, 861 *'' Appias celestina'' (Boisduval, 1832) – common migrant *'' Appias clementina'' (Felder, C, 1860) *''

Appias dolorosa In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiade ...

'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 *'' Appias drusilla'' (Cramer,

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– Florida white or tropical white *''

Appias epaphia ''Appias epaphia'', the diverse white or African albatross, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Africa, south of the Sahara. The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland. The wingspan is . Adults are on wing year-roun ...

'' (Cramer, 779 – diverse albatross or African albatross *''

Appias galene ''Appias galene'', the Sri Lankan lesser albatross, is a species of Pieridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit ...

'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1865) *?''

Appias hero In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiades" ( ...

'' (Fabricius, 1793) *''

Appias hombroni In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiades" ...

'' (Lucas, 1852) *''

Appias inanis In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiade ...

'' van Eecke, 1913 *''

Appias indra ''Appias indra'', the plain puffin, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in south and southeast Asia. Description Food plants '' Drypetes oblongifolia'' and ''Putranjiva roxburghii'', b ...

'' (Moore, 1857) – plain puffin *''

Appias ithome In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiades" ( ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 1859) *''

Appias lalage ''Appias lalage'', the spot puffin, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India, Indochina and Hainan. Description See also *List of butterflies of India (Pieridae) This is a list of ...

'' (Doubleday, 1842) – spot puffin *''

Appias lalassis ''Appias lalassis'', the Burmese Puffin, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1887. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' ...

'' Grose-Smith, 1887 *''

Appias lasti ''Appias lasti'', the Last's albatross or Last's albatross white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. The habitat consists of coastal forests and heavy woodland. Adults have a weak flight and ke ...

'' (Grose-Smith, 1889) – Last's albatross *''

Appias leis In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiades" ( ...

'' (Geyer, 832 *''

Appias libythea ''Appias libythea'', the striped albatross, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in south and southeast Asia. Description See also * List of butterflies of India * List of butterflies o ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) – striped albatross *''

Appias lyncida ''Appias lyncida'', the chocolate albatross, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in south and southeast Asia. Range The chocolate albatross is found in India, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mala ...

'' (Cramer,

– chocolate albatross *''

Appias maria ''Appias maria'' is a species of pierine butterfly found in the Philippines and Japan. Subspecies *''A. m. maria'' (Philippines: Luzon) *''A. m. adorabilis'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Philippines: Mindanao) *''A. m. dolorosa'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Boho ...

'' (Semper, 1875) *''

Appias mata In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiades" ( ...

'' Kheil, 1884 *''

Appias melania ''Appias melania'', the grey albatross, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is endemic to northern Queensland in Australia. The wingspan is about 50 mm. The larvae feed on ''Drypetes'' species. References External links Austr ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) – grey albatross *''

Appias nephele ''Appias nephele'' is a species of pierine butterfly endemic to the Philippines. Subspecies *''Appias nephele nephele'' (Philippines: Luzon) *''Appias nephele aufidia'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Philippines: Basilan) *''Appias nephele dilutior'' (St ...

'' Hewitson, 861/small> *''

Appias nero ''Appias nero'', the orange albatross, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. The species occurs from northern India to the Sunda Islands, the Philippines, Sulawesi and eastwards. Subspecies ''Appias nero galba' ...

'' (Fabricius, 1793) – orange albatross *'' Appias nupta'' (Fruhstorfer, 1897) *''

Appias olferna ''Appias olferna'', the eastern striped albatross or Bengal albatross,
Learn about Butterflies is a speci ...

'' Swinhoe, 1890 – eastern striped albatross *'' Appias panda'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 – Nicobar albatross *''

Appias pandione ''Appias pandione'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1832. It is found in the Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Sou ...

'' (Geyer, 832 *''

Appias paulina ''Appias paulina'', the common albatross, Christmas Island white or Ceylon lesser albatross, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from India to Samoa, including Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Aust ...

'' (Cramer,

– Ceylon lesser albatross or white albatrossWhite Albatross
Learn about Butterflies *'' Appias perlucens'' (Butler, 1898) *'' Appias phaola'' (Doubleday, 1847) – dirty albatross or Congo white *''

Appias phoebe ''Appias phoebe'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the Philippines (including Palawan and Luzon). A new subspecies was discovered in 2020. Subspecies *''Appias phoebe mindana'' Yamamoto & Takei, 1980 (Mindanao) *''Appias pho ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861) Appias phoebe MHNT

*''

Appias placidia In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiade ...

'' (Stoll, 790 *'' Appias punctifera'' d'Almeida, 1939 *''

Appias remedios In ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Ki ...

'' Schröder & Treadaway, 1990 *''

Appias sabina ''Appias sabina'', the Sabine albatross or albatross white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Africa. The habitat consists of forests. The wingspan is for males and for females. Adults are on wing year-round. The larva ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 865 – Sabine albatross or albatross white *'' Appias sylvia'' (Fabricius, 1775) – woodland white or common albatross *''

Appias waltraudae In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiade ...

'' Schröder, 1977 *''

Appias wardii ''Appias wardii'', the Indian albatross or Ward's albatross, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India. Description Wet-season brood The upperside of the male has the ground colour ...

'' (Moore, 1884) – lesser albatross *'' Appias zarinda'' (Boisduval, 1836) – eastern orange albatross

References

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