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Puffin and Albatross Butterflies
Appias
Appias, commonly called puffins or albatrosses, is a genus of butterflies in the butterfly subfamily Pierinae (whites) found in Africa and southern Asia.
36 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Striped Albatross
speciesAppias libythea
Chocolate Albatross
speciesAppias lyncida
Yellow Albatross
speciesAppias paulina
White Albatross
speciesAppias albina
Plain Puffin
speciesAppias indra
Orange Albatross
speciesAppias nero
Diverse White
speciesAppias epaphia
Flame albatross
speciesAppias zarinda
Spot Puffin
speciesAppias lalage
Sabine Albatross
speciesAppias sabina
Indian Orange Albatross
speciesAppias galba
Appias ithome
speciesAppias ithome
Banded Puffin
speciesAppias pandione
Sri Lankan lesser albatross
speciesAppias galene
Blue Albatross
speciesAppias celestina
Appias aegis
speciesAppias aegis
Striped Albatross
speciesAppias olferna
Woodland Albatross White
speciesAppias sylvia
Grey Albatross
speciesAppias melania
Yellow Puffin
speciesAppias cardena
Burmese Puffin
speciesAppias lalassis
Indonesian White
speciesAppias hombroni
Rare Albatross
speciesAppias ada
Appias nephele
speciesAppias nephele
Appias placidia
speciesAppias placidia
Appias perlucens
speciesAppias perlucens
Indian Albatross
speciesAppias wardii
Appias phoebe
speciesAppias phoebe
Congo White
speciesAppias phaola
Appias maria
speciesAppias maria
Appias lasti
speciesAppias lasti
Appias urania
speciesAppias urania
Appias athama
speciesAppias athama
Appias remedios
speciesAppias remedios
Appias caria
speciesAppias caria
Appias punctifera
speciesAppias punctifera
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Appias in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 70181.