Appias paulina

(Yellow Albatross, Northern White)
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FAMILY |
Pieridae |
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Species |
Appias paulina |
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Common name(s) |
Yellow Albatross, Northern White |
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Main colour(s) |
White |
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Distinctive features |
Wingspan 53/53 mm, fore white, hind yellow |
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Campus |
Townsville |
Description
Larvae feed on Capparis canescens and Drypetes deplanchei. Mature larvae have a grey-green or bright yellow body with numerous black spots; head yellow with black spots. Adult is white with black on the terminal portion of the fore wing, very narrow band on the hind; female with a much larger band; lower surface the fore wing is chiefly white but hind wing is basically yellow.