Appias nero
| Orange Albatross | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Appias |
| Species: | A. nero |
| Binomial name | |
| Appias nero (Wallace, 1867) | |
Orange Albatross (Appias nero) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites. The species occurs from North India to the Sunda Islands, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Eastwards. Subspecies galba is found in India.
Status
Common
Gallery
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A. n. galba
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A. n. baweana
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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