Appias sabina

Appias sabina
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
Species: A. sabina
Binomial name
Appias sabina
(C. & R. Felder, [1865])[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris sabina C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Appias weberi Suffert, 1904
  • Belenois confusa Butler, 1872
  • Appias udei Suffert, 1904
  • Appias haendeli Suffert, 1904
  • Appias sabina var. latimarginata Gaede, 1916
  • Appias sabina var. defecta Gaede, 1916
  • Appias sabina f. divisapex Hulstaert, 1924
  • Appias sabina sabina f. bicolor Talbot, 1943
  • Appias sabina f. reversa Stoneham, 1957
  • Belenois coniata Butler, 1879
  • Papilio hecyra Mabille, 1880
  • Mylothris majungana Grose-Smith, 1891
  • Pieris (Phrissura) coniata f. hemichlora Mabille, 1898
  • Appias sabina f. euphrosyne Stoneham, 1957
  • Phrissura phoebe Butler, 1901
  • Appias isokani var. dubia Aurivillius, 1899
  • Appias sabina f. semiepaphia Strand, 1911
  • Appias sabina f. thalia Stoneham, 1957
  • Appias sabina f. absyrtus Stoneham, 1957
  • Appias sabina f. epaphioides Stoneham, 1957

The Sabine Albatross or Albatross White, Appias sabina, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in Africa. The habitat consists of forests.[2]

The wingspan is 44–55 millimetres (1.7–2.2 in) for males and 44–53 mm (1.7–2.1 in) for females. Adults are on wing year round.[3]

The larvae feed on Drypetes gerrardi, Drypetes ugandensis, Ritchiea fragrans, Phyllanthus and Boscia species

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Appias, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subtribe Appiadina
  3. ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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