Appias (Catophaga) paulina described in Papilio
Yellow Albatross
Andrew V. Z. BrowerIntroduction
A very widespread, geographically variable species, ranging from India to the eastern Pacific islands.Geographical races/subspecies
Yata et al. (2010) list the following subspecies:- paulina paulina (Cramer, 1777) Java, Bali, Bawean
- = Catophaga leis Geyer, 1832
- = Pieris ida Lucas, 1852
- = Tachyris alope Wallace, 1867
- = Appias leis f. subtuslutea Roepke, 1935
- = Appias raksasa Kalis, 1941
- paulina adamsoni (Moore, 1905) NE India - Thailand
- = Appias melania pseudoleis Fruhstorfer, 1910
- paulina agave (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Philippines
- paulina albata Hoppfer, 1874) Sulawesi and nearby islands
- = Appias dohertyi Rothschild, 1892
- = Pandemos (Saletara) melania f. kalisi Röber, 1940
- paulina antoniae Fruhstorfer, 1910 Seram, Ambon, Kelang, Haruku, Saparua
- paulina athena Fruhstorfer, 1903 Borneo and nearby islands
- paulina distanti (Moore, 1905) Malay peninsula
- paulina ega (Boisduval, 1836) Australia, New Caledonia, eastern Pacific ilands
- paulina emilia (Fruhstorfer, 1903) Sumba
- paulina eurosundana Grose-Smith, 1895 Timor
- = Pieris melania var. caledonica Felder, 1862
- paulina falcidia Fruhstorfer, 1910 Biak
- paulina galathea (Felder, 1862) Andaman and Nicobar Is.
- paulina grisea Moulton, 1923 Aur, Tioman Is. (Malaysia)
- paulina griseoides Moulton, 1923 Pulo Condore (Viet Nam)
- paulina minato (Fruhstorfer, 1899) Taiwan, Japan
- = Appias melania var. iwasakii Matsumura, 1919
- paulina nikomedia Fruhstorfer, 1910 Philippines: Basilan
- paulina paula (Röber, 1891) Wetar, Roma
- paulina pione Fruhstorfer, 1910 Sumatra
- paulina pietersi Kalis, 1933 Kangean
- paulina plaetoria Fruhstorfer, 1910 Philippines: Balabac
- paulina saina Grose-Smith, 1894 New Guinea
- = Appias melania sosias Fruhstorfer, 1913
- paulina sawela (Fruhstorfer, 1896) Lombok, Flores
- paulina sithonia Fruhstorfer, 1911 Philippines: Mindoro
- paulina tambora (Fruhstorfer, 1903) Sumbawa
- paulina terentilia Fruhstorfer, 1910 Philippines: Palawan, Calamian
- paulina thyre Fruhstorfer, 1911 Banguey I.
- paulina zoe (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1865) Obi, Halmahera, Bakan, Morotai, Kasiruta
- paulina unnamed ssp. Buru
- = 'cynisca' auctt. (nec Wallace)
- paulina ssp. n. Natuna Is. (Indonesia)
Infrasubspecific/unavailable names applied to this species:
aegina Fruhstorfer, 1910; flaminea Fruhstorfer, 1910; furia Fruhstorfer, 1910; horatia Fruhstorfer, 1910; iria Fruhstorfer, 1910; limbata Fruhstorfer, 1910; marginata Fruhstorfer, 1910; melanides Fruhstorfer, 1910; obscurior Fruhstorfer, 1910; ochracea Moulton, 1914; shima Sonan, 1930; uranides Fruhstorfer, 1910
References
Yata, O., J. E. Chainey and R. I. Vane-Wright. 2010. The golden and Mariana albatrosses, new species of pierid butterflies, with a review of the subgenus Appias (Catophaga) (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 35: 764-800.
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