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Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
Subspecies
[
Appias
] sylvia sylvia (Fabricius, 1775)
-
rhodope
(auctorum, nec Fabricius, 1775)
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rhodanus
(Ward, 1871)
-
bachi
(Suffert, 1904)
-
dopero
(Suffert, 1904)
-
rhodopiana
(Strand, 1913)
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tenuifascia
(Neustetter, 1926)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
27
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
84
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
216
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
ALF
:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
Distribution
Geographical 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.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011