Appias olferna
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Eastern striped albatross
| image = Eastern Striped Albatross (Appias olferna), Vietnam.jpg
| image_caption = Male, Vietnam
| image2 = Striped albatross (Appias olferna olferna) female underside with shield bug.jpg
| image2_caption = Female, Thailand
| taxon = Appias olferna
| authority = C. Swinhoe, 1890
| synonyms =
- Papilio zelmira Stoll, [1780]
- Appias irvini C. Swinhoe, 1890
- Appias libythea f. sopara Fruhstorfer, 1910
}}
Appias olferna, the eastern striped albatross or Bengal albatross,{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110311043318/http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/India%20-%20Appias%20olferna.htm Bengal Albatross]}}, Learn about Butterflies is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1890.
Distribution
Appias olferna is native to southern Asia and south-western Oceania.
The species is found from Bengal to Assam in India; in Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam in Indochina; and on Christmas Island off Australia.
File:Striped Albatross Appias libythe- Female (Dry season form) W IMG 3646.jpg
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Category:Lepidoptera of the Philippines
Category:Butterflies of Oceania
Category:Butterflies of Indochina
Category:Butterflies of Australia
Category:Butterflies of Malaysia
Category:Butterflies of Singapore
Category:Fauna of Christmas Island
Category:Butterflies described in 1890
Category:Lepidoptera of Sumatra
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