Appias paulina
| Appias paulina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Appias |
| Species: | A. paulina
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| Binomial name | |
| Appias paulina (Cramer, [1777])
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Appias paulina, known variously as the yellow albatross, lesser albatross, common albatross or Christmas Island white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from India to Samoa, including Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Thailand and Australia.[1]
The wingspan is about 50 mm.
The larvae feed on Drypetes australasica, Drypetes deplanchei and Alchornea ilicifolia.
Subspecies
Varies depending on sources, but some lists may include:
- Appias paulina adamsoni (Indochina, plus India [Assam])
- Appias paulina cynisca (Buru)
- Appias paulina distanti (Malaysia [peninsula])
- Appias paulina ega (Australia: Northern Territory to Cape York)
- Appias paulina eurosundana (Timor)
- Appias paulina falcidia (Biak)
- Appias paulina griseoides (Vietnam)
- Appias paulina grisea
- Appias paulina galathea (India: Andamans, Nicobars)
- Appias paulina micromalayana (Java, Bawean, Tenimber)
- Appias paulina minato (Japan, Taiwan)
- Appias paulina paula (Wetar)
- Appias paulina paulina
- Appias paulina saina (West Irian to Papua)
- Appias paulina zoe (Moluccas)
External links
References
- ^ Matsumoto, Yasuko; Nakano, Tsuyoshi; Yamamoto, Masafumi; Matsushima-Hibiya, Yuko; Odagiri, Ken-Ichi; Yata, Osamu; Koyama, Kotaro; Sugimura, Takashi; Wakabayashi, Keiji (2008-02-19). "Distribution of cytotoxic and DNA ADP-ribosylating activity in crude extracts from butterflies among the family Pieridae". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (7): 2516–2520. doi:10.1073/pnas.0712221105. PMC 2268168. PMID 18256183.