Appias libythea

Striped Albatross
File:Western Striped Albatross (Female) I IMG 0295.jpg
Female in Kolkata, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Appias
Species:	A. libythea
Binomial name
Appias libythea Fabricius, 1775

File:Western Striped Albatross I IMG 0298.jpg

Female in Kolkata, India

Striped Albatross (Appias libythea) is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India and Peninsular Malaysia.

See also

• Pieridae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)

Gallery

• Striped Albatross.jpg

  Striped Albatross in Bangalore, India.

• Western Striped Albatross (Male) I IMG 0300.jpg

  Male in Kolkata, India

• Appias libythea male.jpg

  Male in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Striped Albatross ( ধুলকাপাস).JPG

  Striped Albatross ( ধুলকাপাস),Kolkata, West Bengal, India

• Appias libythea female.jpg

  Female in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

References

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
• Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac & Punetha, J.C.(1992). Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
• Kunte, Krushnamegh (2005). Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.