Appias nero (Fabricius, 1793) is a animal in the Pieridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Appias nero (Fabricius, 1793)

Appias nero (Fabricius, 1793)

The orange albatross (Appias nero) is a Pieridae butterfly found across parts of South and Southeast Asia, with a subspecies in India.

Family
Genus
Appias
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Appias nero (Fabricius, 1793)

Appias nero, commonly known as the orange albatross, is a butterfly species that belongs to the family Pieridae, the family that includes yellows and whites. This species is distributed from northern India to the Sunda Islands, the Philippines, and Sulawesi, with its range extending further eastward from these areas. The subspecies Appias nero galba occurs in India.

Photo: (c) CW Gan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by CW Gan · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pieridae Appias

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

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