Appias sylvia
| Appias sylvia | |
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| Appias sylvia nyasana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Appias |
| Species: | A. sylvia |
| Binomial name | |
| Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)[1] | |
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Appias sylvia, the Woodland Albatross White or Common Albatross, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Males come to damp patches and both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Drypetes (including Drypetes ugandensis and Drypetes gerrardii), Phyllanthus and Ritchiea species.
Subspecies
- Appias sylvia sylvia (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Bioko, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Appias sylvia abyssinica Talbot, 1932 (south-western Ethiopia)
- Appias sylvia nyasana (Butler, 1897) (Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Namibia, north-eastern Zambia, western Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi)
- Appias sylviasudanensis Talbot, 1932 (southern Sudan)
- Appias sylvia zairiensis Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
References
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- ↑ Appias, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subtribe Appiadina
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