Appias (butterfly)
Appias, commonly called puffins or albatrosses, is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae found in Africa and southern Asia.Species
Listed alphabetically:
- Appias ada – rare albatross
- Appias aegis – forest white
- Appias albina – common albatross or white albatross
- Appias aroa
- Appias athama
- Appias caeca Corbet, 1941
- Appias cardena
- Appias celestina – common migrant
- Appias clementina
- Appias dolorosa Fruhstorfer, 1910
- Appias drusilla – Florida white or tropical white
- Appias epaphia – diverse albatross or African albatross
- Appias galene
- ?Appias hero
- Appias hombroni
- Appias inanis van Eecke, 1913
- Appias indra – plain puffin
- Appias ithome
- Appias lalage – spot puffin
- Appias lalassis Grose-Smith, 1887
- Appias lasti – Last's albatross
- Appias leis
- Appias libythea – striped albatross
- Appias lyncida – chocolate albatross
- Appias maria
- Appias mata Kheil, 1884
- Appias melania – grey albatross
- Appias nephele Hewitson,
- Appias nero – orange albatross
- Appias nupta
- Appias olferna Swinhoe, 1890 – eastern striped albatross
- Appias panda Fruhstorfer, 1903 – Nicobar albatross
- Appias pandione
- Appias paulina – Ceylon lesser albatross or white albatross
- Appias perlucens
- Appias phaola – dirty albatross or Congo white
- Appias phoebe
- Appias placidia
- Appias punctifera d'Almeida, 1939
- Appias remedios Schröder & Treadaway, 1990
- Appias sabina – Sabine albatross or albatross white
- Appias sylvia – woodland white or common albatross
- Appias waltraudae Schröder, 1977
- Appias wardii – lesser albatross
- Appias zarinda – eastern orange albatross
