Appias olferna

Eastern Striped Albatross
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
Species: A. olferna
Binomial name
Appias olferna
Swinhoe, 1890
Synonyms
  • Papilio zelmira Stoll, [1780]
  • Appias irvini Swinhoe, 1890
  • Appias libythea f. sopara Fruhstorfer, 1910

The Eastern Striped Albatross or Bengal Albatross[1] (Appias olferna) is a butterfly in the Appias genus of the Pieridae family.

Female (Dry season form)

Distribution

Appias olferna is native to southern Asia and southwestern Oceania.

The species is found from Bengal to Assam in India; in Burma, Laos, and Vietnam in Indochina; and on Christmas Island off Australia.

References

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  1. Bengal Albatross, Learn about Butterflies


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