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The Diverse White or African Albatross (''Appias epaphia'') is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in Africa, south of the Sahara. The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subtribe Appiadina )〕 The wingspan is . Adults are on wing year round, but mainly from March to May in southern Africa.〔Woodhall, S. (2005). ''Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa.'' Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p.340.〕 The larvae feed on ''Capparis'' species (including ''Capparis sepiaria''), ''Maerua racemulosa'', and ''Boscia albitrunca''. ==Subspecies== *''Appias epaphia epaphia'' (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda (Bwamba Forest), western Kenya) *''Appias epaphia orbona'' (Boisduval, 1833) (Madagascar) *''Appias epaphia contracta'' (Butler, 1888) (Sudan, Ethiopia, eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, north-eastern Botswana, South Africa (Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province), Swaziland, Comoro Islands) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Appias epaphia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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