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''Appias phaola'', the Congo White, Dirty Albatross, Dirty Albatross White or Plain Albatross, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), the Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subtribe Appiadina )〕 The habitat consists of primary wet forests. Adults have a relatively fast flight. They tend to keep to the shade of the forest. Males engage in mud-puddling and both sexes are attracted to flowers. ==Subspecies== *''Appias phaola phaola'' (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Congo) *''Appias phaola intermedia'' Dufrane, 1948 (Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, western Tanzania) *''Appias phaola isokani'' (Grose-Smith, 1889) (coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania, Malawi) 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 phaola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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