Appias phaola

Appias phaola, the Congo white, dirty albatross, dirty albatross white or plain albatross, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of primary wet forests.

Appias phaola
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
Species:
A. phaola
Binomial name
Appias phaola
(Doubleday, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris phaola Doubleday, 1847
  • Appias (Glutophrissa) phaola
  • Pieris rhodanus Ward, 1871
  • Appias phaeola f. ochrea Bartel, 1905
  • Appias phaola r. intermedia Dufrane, 1948
  • Belenois isokani Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Mylothris nagare Grose-Smith, 1889

Adults have a relatively fast flight. They tend to keep to the shade of the forest. Males engage in mud-puddling and both sexes are attracted to flowers.

Subspecies
  • Appias phaola phaola (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Congo)
  • Appias phaola intermedia Dufrane, 1948 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, western Tanzania)
  • Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889) (coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania, Malawi)

References
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  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.


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