Appias olferna
| Eastern striped albatross | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Appias |
| Species: | A. olferna
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| Binomial name | |
| Appias olferna C. Swinhoe, 1890
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Appias olferna, the eastern striped albatross or Bengal albatross,[1] is a butterfly in the genus Appias of the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1890.
Distribution[]
Appias olferna is native to southern Asia and south-western Oceania.
The species is found from Bengal to Assam in India; in Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam in Indochina; and on Christmas Island off Australia.
Female (dry-season form)
References[]
- ^ Bengal Albatross, Learn about Butterflies
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Categories:
- Appias (butterfly)
- Butterflies of Asia
- Butterflies of Oceania
- Butterflies of Indochina
- Butterflies of Australia
- Butterflies of Indonesia
- Butterflies of Malaysia
- Butterflies of Singapore
- Fauna of Christmas Island
- Butterflies described in 1890
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