Appias sylvia

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Appias sylvia
Common albatross (Appias sylvia sylvia) male.jpg
A. s. sylvia
Bobiri Forest, Ghana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
Species:
A. sylvia
Binomial name
Appias sylvia
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio sylviaFabricius, 1775
  • Appias (Glutophrissa) sylvia
  • Papilio eudoxiaCramer, 1782
  • Pieris rhodanusWard, 1871
  • Appias bachiSuffert, 1904
  • Appias rhodope doperoSuffert, 1904
  • Appias rhodope ab. rhodopianaStrand, 1913
  • Appias rhodope var. tenuifasciaNeustetter, 1926
  • Phrissura nyasanaButler, 1897
  • Appias rhodope f. luvuensisJoicey and Talbot, 1927
  • Appias perlucens f. masabaeStoneham, 1957
  • Appias sylvia luvuensis f. xerophylaBerger, 1981

Appias sylvia, the woodland albatross white or common albatross, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Males come to damp patches and both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Drypetes (including Drypetes ugandensis and Drypetes gerrardii ), Phyllanthus and Ritchiea species.

Subspecies

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References

  1. Appias, Site of Markku Savela
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subtribe Appiadina". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-01.