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''Appias sylvia'', the Woodland Albatross White or Common Albatross, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subtribe Appiadina )〕 The habitat consists of forests. Males come to damp patches and both sexes are attracted to flowers. The larvae feed on ''Drypetes'' (including ''Drypetes ugandensis'' and ''Drypetes gerrardii''), ''Phyllanthus'' and ''Ritchiea'' species. ==Subspecies== *''Appias sylvia sylvia'' (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Bioko, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Democratic Republic of Congo) *''Appias sylvia abyssinica'' Talbot, 1932 (south-western Ethiopia) *''Appias sylvia nyasana'' (Butler, 1897) (Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Namibia, north-eastern Zambia, western Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi) *''Appias sylviasudanensis'' Talbot, 1932 (southern Sudan) *''Appias sylvia zairiensis'' Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of Congo) 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 sylvia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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