Appias phaola
| Appias phaola | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Female | |
 | |
| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Appias |
| Species: | A. phaola |
| Binomial name | |
| Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Appias phaola, the Congo White, Dirty Albatross, Dirty Albatross White or Plain Albatross, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), the Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of primary wet forests.
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 Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, western Tanzania)
- Appias phaola isokani (Grose-Smith, 1889) (coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania, Malawi)
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
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, August 17, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.