Latin Etymology: Appias libythea
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Female Striped Albatross (Appias libythea) at Malacca, Malaysia - July 2016 |
Featured Subspecies:
Weight: ? / Length: ? / Wingspan: 55mm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Not Yet Evaluated
A relatively recent colonist of Singapore and Malaysia, only first appearing circa 1940 due to the increased preponderance of its favoured host plant, purple cleome (cleome rutidosperma). They are fairly sexually dimorphic, with the male resembling somewhat of a typical "white" butterfly, while the female is predominantly yellow on the underwing and black on the upper.
Related Species:
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
SUBSPECIES: ?
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Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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