Appias melania

Grey albatross
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
Species:
A. melania
Binomial name
Appias melania
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Papilio melania Fabricius, 1775
  • Tachyris asteria Miskin, 1889
  • Tachyris cerussa Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Appias melania antoniae Fruhstorfer, 1910

Appias melania, the grey albatross, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is endemic to northern Queensland in Australia.

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

The larvae feed on Drypetes species.

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