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.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Appias |
Species: | A. phaola |
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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)
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Appias phaola. |
Wikispecies has information related to Appias phaola |
- Appias, Site of Markku Savela
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subtribe Appiadina". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
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