Appias (butterfly)
# Appias (butterfly)

Appias, commonly called puffins or albatrosses, is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae (whites) found in Africa and southern Asia.

## Species

Listed alphabetically:

* Appias ada (Stoll, [1781]) – rare albatross
* Appias aegis (Felder, C & R Felder, 1861) – forest white
* Appias albina (Boisduval, 1836) – common albatross or white albatross
* Appias aroa (Ribbe, 1900)
* Appias athama (Blanchard, 1848)
* Appias caeca Corbet, 1941
* Appias cardena (Hewitson, [1861])
* Appias celestina (Boisduval, 1832) – common migrant
* Appias clementina (Felder, C, 1860)
* Appias dolorosa Fruhstorfer, 1910
* Appias drusilla (Cramer, [1777]) – Florida white or tropical white
* Appias epaphia (Cramer, [1779]) – diverse albatross or African albatross
* Appias galene (Felder, C & R Felder, 1865)
* ?Appias hero (Fabricius, 1793)
* Appias hombroni (Lucas, 1852)
* Appias inanis van Eecke, 1913
* Appias indra (Moore, 1857) – plain puffin
* Appias ithome (C. & R. Felder, 1859)
* Appias lalage (Doubleday, 1842) – spot puffin
* Appias lalassis Grose-Smith, 1887
* Appias lasti (Grose-Smith, 1889) – Last's albatross
* Appias leis (Geyer, [1832])
* Appias libythea (Fabricius, 1775) – striped albatross
* Appias lyncida (Cramer, [1777]) – chocolate albatross
* Appias maria (Semper, 1875)
* Appias mata Kheil, 1884
* Appias melania (Fabricius, 1775) – grey albatross
* Appias nephele Hewitson, [1861]
* Appias nero (Fabricius, 1793) – orange albatross
* Appias nupta (Fruhstorfer, 1897)
* Appias olferna Swinhoe, 1890 – eastern striped albatross
* Appias panda Fruhstorfer, 1903 – Nicobar albatross
* Appias pandione (Geyer, [1832])
* Appias paulina (Cramer, [1777]) – Ceylon lesser albatross or white albatross
* Appias perlucens (Butler, 1898)
* Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847) – dirty albatross or Congo white
* Appias phoebe (C. & R. Felder, 1861) Appias phoebe
* Appias placidia (Stoll, [1790])
* Appias punctifera d'Almeida, 1939
* Appias remedios Schröder & Treadaway, 1990
* Appias sabina (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Sabine albatross or albatross white
* Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775) – woodland white or common albatross
* Appias waltraudae Schröder, 1977
* Appias wardii (Moore, 1884) – lesser albatross
* Appias zarinda (Boisduval, 1836) – eastern orange albatross
