Appias paulina: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
Species: Appias paulina
Scientific Name: Appias paulina

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Appias paulina

Appias paulina, the common albatross, Christmas Island white or Ceylon lesser albatross, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from India to Samoa, including Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Australia.

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

The larvae feed on Drypetes australasica, Drypetes deplanchei and Alchornea ilicifolia.

Appias paulina in languages:

Chinese: 黃尖粉蝶
Chinese: 蘭嶼粉蝶
Chinese: 波江白蝶
Chinese: 衽環粉蝶
Chinese: 黑緣尖粉蝶
Chinese: 寶玲尖粉蝶
English: Common Albatross
English: Christmas Island White
English: Ceylon Lesser Albatross
English: Yellow Albatross
Japanese: ナミエシロチョウ（広義）
Japanese: ナミエシロチョウ

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