Appias albina (Boisduval, 1836) is a animal in the Pieridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Appias albina (Boisduval, 1836)

Appias albina (Boisduval, 1836)

Appias albina is a butterfly that resembles Appias paulina, with distinct distinguishing features and three known Drypetes food plants.

Family
Genus
Appias
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Appias albina (Boisduval, 1836)

This butterfly species, Appias albina, closely resembles Appias paulina. Males of Appias albina can be distinguished from Appias paulina by their more acutely pointed forewings, while females can be distinguished by the narrower oblique black band on the underside of the forewing. Additional differences between the two species are described elsewhere in the original source. Known food plants for Appias albina are Drypetes oblongifolia, Drypetes roxburghii, and Drypetes venusta.

Photo: (c) Vijay Anand Ismavel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pieridae Appias

More from Pieridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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