Appias zarinda

Eastern Orange Albatross
Eastern Orange Albatross at Tomohon, North Sulawesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Appias
Species:	A. zarinda
Binomial name
Appias zarinda (Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
Pieris zarinda Boisduval, 1836 Pieris fatime Vollenhoven, 1866 Tachyris bouruensis Wallace, 1867 Tachyris phestus Westwood, 1888 Tachyris nero sulana Fruhstorfer, 1899

Appias zarinda, the Eastern Orange Albatross, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family which is found on Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands, Indonesia.

Subspecies and distribution

• A. z. zarinda (Sulawesi, Kabaena, Tukangbesi Islands, and Peleng Island: Banggai Islands)
• A. z. bouruensis (Wallace, 1867) (Buru)
• A. z. phestus (Westwood, 1888) (Sangihe Islands and Talise Islands)
• A. z. sulana (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Mangole Island: Sula Islands)

References

• Vane-Wright & de Jong. The butterflies of Sulawesi. Zool. Verh. Leiden 343 (2003)