Appias sabina

Appias sabina, the Sabine albatross or albatross white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Africa. The habitat consists of forests.[2]

Appias sabina
A. s. confusa, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Appias
Species:	A. sabina
Binomial name
Appias sabina (C. & R. Felder, [1865])[1]
Synonyms
Pieris sabina C. & R. Felder, [1865] Appias weberi Suffert, 1904 Belenois confusa Butler, 1872 Appias udei Suffert, 1904 Appias haendeli Suffert, 1904 Appias sabina var. latimarginata Gaede, 1916 Appias sabina var. defecta Gaede, 1916 Appias sabina f. divisapex Hulstaert, 1924 Appias sabina sabina f. bicolor Talbot, 1943 Appias sabina f. reversa Stoneham, 1957 Belenois coniata Butler, 1879 Papilio hecyra Mabille, 1880 Mylothris majungana Grose-Smith, 1891 Pieris (Phrissura) coniata f. hemichlora Mabille, 1898 Appias sabina f. euphrosyne Stoneham, 1957 Phrissura phoebe Butler, 1901 Appias isokani var. dubia Aurivillius, 1899 Appias sabina f. semiepaphia Strand, 1911 Appias sabina f. thalia Stoneham, 1957 Appias sabina f. absyrtus Stoneham, 1957 Appias sabina f. epaphioides Stoneham, 1957

The wingspan is 44–55 millimetres (1.7–2.2 in) for males and 44–53 mm (1.7–2.1 in) for females. Adults are on wing year-round.[3]

The larvae feed on Drypetes gerrardi, Drypetes ugandensis, Ritchiea fragrans, Phyllanthus, and Boscia species

Subspecies

• Appias sabina sabina (western Uganda to Zaire, Nigeria, Sierra Leone)
• Appias sabina comorensis Talbot, 1943 (Comoro Islands)
• Appias sabina confusa (Butler, 1872) (Madagascar)
• Appias sabina udei Suffert, 1904 (northern Kenya (Mount Marsabit) to Malawi and eastern Zimbabwe (Chirinda))

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  Female
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  Male

References

1. Appias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subtribe Appiadina". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
3. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 11
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12