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Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)

Subspecies

  • [Appias] sylvia sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
    - rhodope (auctorum, nec Fabricius, 1775)
    - rhodanus (Ward, 1871)
    - bachi (Suffert, 1904)
    - dopero (Suffert, 1904)
    - rhodopiana (Strand, 1913)
    - tenuifascia (Neustetter, 1926)

Adult morphologyWingspan27
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)84
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)216
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Drypetes
    - Phyllanthus

  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Drypetes
    - Phyllanthus

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011