Appias (butterfly)

Appias
Appias phoebe
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Appias
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Catophaga Hübner, [1819]
  • Hiposcritia Geyer, [1832]
  • Trigonia Geyer, [1837]
  • Tachyris Wallace, 1867
  • Andopodum Scudder, 1875 (preocc. Hübner, 1822)
  • Glutophrissa Butler, 1887
  • Lade de Nicéville, 1898

Appias, commonly called puffins or albatrosses, is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae (whites) found in Africa and southern Asia.

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