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Butterfly genus in family Pieridae
Appias, commonly called puffins or albatrosses,
[1] is a genus of
butterflies in the subfamily
Pierinae (whites) found in Africa and southern Asia.
Listed alphabetically:
[1]
[2]
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Appias ada (Stoll, [1781]) – rare albatross
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Appias aegis (Felder, C & R Felder, 1861) – forest white
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Appias albina (Boisduval, 1836) – common albatross or white albatross
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Appias aroa (Ribbe, 1900)
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Appias athama (Blanchard, 1848)
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Appias caeca Corbet, 1941
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Appias cardena (Hewitson, [1861])
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Appias celestina (Boisduval, 1832) – common migrant
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Appias clementina (Felder, C, 1860)
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Appias dolorosa Fruhstorfer, 1910
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Appias drusilla (Cramer, [1777]) – Florida white or tropical white
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Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779]) – diverse albatross or African albatross
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Appias galene (Felder, C & R Felder, 1865)
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Appias hero (Fabricius, 1793)
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Appias hombroni (Lucas, 1852)
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Appias inanis van Eecke, 1913
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Appias indra (Moore, 1857) – plain puffin
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Appias ithome (C. & R. Felder, 1859)
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Appias lalage (Doubleday, 1842) – spot puffin
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Appias lalassis Grose-Smith, 1887
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Appias lasti (Grose-Smith, 1889) – Last's albatross
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Appias leis (Geyer, [1832])
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Appias libythea (Fabricius, 1775) – striped albatross
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Appias lyncida (Cramer, [1777]) – chocolate albatross
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Appias maria (Semper, 1875)
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Appias mata Kheil, 1884
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Appias melania (Fabricius, 1775) – grey albatross
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Appias nephele Hewitson, [1861]
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Appias nero (Fabricius, 1793) – orange albatross
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Appias nupta (Fruhstorfer, 1897)
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Appias olferna Swinhoe, 1890 – eastern striped albatross
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Appias panda Fruhstorfer, 1903 – Nicobar albatross
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Appias pandione (Geyer, [1832])
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Appias paulina (Cramer, [1777]) – Ceylon lesser albatross or white albatross
[3]
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Appias perlucens (Butler, 1898)
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Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847) – dirty albatross or Congo white
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Appias phoebe (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Appias phoebe
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Appias placidia (Stoll, [1790])
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Appias punctifera d'Almeida, 1939
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Appias remedios Schröder & Treadaway, 1990
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Appias sabina (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Sabine albatross or albatross white
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Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775) – woodland white or common albatross
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Appias waltraudae Schröder, 1977
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Appias wardii (Moore, 1884) – lesser albatross
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Appias zarinda (Boisduval, 1836) – eastern orange albatross