Appias melania
Grey albatross | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Appias |
Species: | A. melania
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Binomial name | |
Appias melania (Fabricius, 1775)
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Appias melania, the grey albatross, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is endemic to northern Queensland in Australia.
The wingspan is about 50 mm.
The larvae feed on Drypetes species.
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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1775
- Appias (butterfly)
- Butterflies of Australia
- Endemic fauna of Australia
- Insects of Queensland
- Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
- Pieridae stubs