| Appias paulina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Appias |
| Species: | A. paulina |
| Binomial name | |
| Appias paulina (Cramer, [1777]) |
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The Common Albatross, Christmas Island White or Ceylon Lesser Albatross (Appias paulina) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found from India to Samoa, including Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Ceylon and Australia.
The wingspan is about 50 mm.
The larvae feed on Drypetes australasica, Drypetes deplanchei and Alchornea ilicifolia.