Appias, commonly called puffins or albatrosses, is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae (whites) found in Africa and southern Asia.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
- Appias ada <small>(Stoll, [1781])</small> â rare albatross
- Appias aegis <small>(Felder, C & R Felder, 1861)</small> â forest white
- Appias albina <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small> â white albatross
- Appias aroa <small>(Ribbe, 1900)</small>
- Appias athama <small>(Blanchard, 1848)</small>
- Appias caeca <small>Corbet, 1941</small>
- Appias cardena <small>(Hewitson, [1861])</small>
- Appias celestina <small>(Boisduval, 1832)</small> â common migrant
- Appias clementina <small>(Felder, C, 1860)</small>
- Appias dolorosa <small>Fruhstorfer, 1910</small>
- Appias drusilla <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small> â Florida white or tropical white
- Appias epaphia <small>(Cramer, [1779])</small> â diverse albatross or African albatross
- Appias galba <small>(Wallace, [1867])</small> â indian orange albatross
- Appias galene <small>(Felder, C & R Felder, 1865)</small>
- ?Appias hero <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Appias hombroni <small>(Lucas, 1852)</small>
- Appias inanis <small>van Eecke, 1913</small>
- Appias indra <small>(Moore, 1857)</small> â plain puffin
- Appias ithome <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1859)</small>
- Appias lalage <small>(Doubleday, 1842)</small> â spot puffin
- Appias lalassis <small>Grose-Smith, 1887</small>
- Appias lasti <small>(Grose-Smith, 1889)</small> â Last's albatross
- Appias leis <small>(Geyer, [1832])</small>
- Appias libythea <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small> â striped albatross
- Appias lyncida <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small> â chocolate albatross
- Appias maria <small>(Semper, 1875)</small>
- Appias mata <small>Kheil, 1884</small>
- Appias melania <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small> â grey albatross
- Appias nephele <small>Hewitson, [1861]</small>
- Appias nero <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> â orange albatross
- Appias nupta <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1897)</small>
- Appias olferna <small>Swinhoe, 1890</small> â eastern striped albatross
- Appias panda <small>Fruhstorfer, 1903</small> â Nicobar albatross
- Appias pandione <small>(Geyer, [1832])</small>
- Appias paulina <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small> â yellow albatross
- Appias perlucens <small>(Butler, 1898)</small>
- Appias phaola <small>(Doubleday, 1847)</small> â dirty albatross or Congo white
- Appias phoebe <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1861)</small>
- Appias placidia <small>(Stoll, [1790])</small>
- Appias punctifera <small>d'Almeida, 1939</small>
- Appias remedios <small>Schröder & Treadaway, 1990</small>
- Appias sabina <small>(C. & R. Felder, [1865])</small> â Sabine albatross or albatross white
- Appias sylvia <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small> â woodland white or common albatross
- Appias waltraudae <small>Schröder, 1977</small>
- Appias wardii <small>(Moore, 1884)</small> â lesser albatross
- Appias zarinda <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small> â eastern orange albatross
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