Appias olferna

{{short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{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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