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The Whites (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Pierinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Henk van Mastrigt

Appias celestina (Boisduval, 1832) - Blue Albatross

ssp. celestina (Boisduval, 1832)
galerus Fruhstorfer, 1910

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species which is widely distributed from the South Moluccas to northern Solomon Islands.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island; Supiori Island: Korido, North Supiori; Biak Island: East Biak, Korem, Wardo; Japen Island: Waropen; Mioswar Island; Pulau Ratewi; Pulau Liki; New Guinea: Akimuga, Dabra, Fakfak, Jayapura, Karubaga, Kobakma, Kwerba, Manokwari, Marina Valen, Mokwam, Nabire, Senopi, Sentani, Taja Lereh, Timika, Tiom, Ubrub, Waena. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Subspecies celestina occurs in Aru, New Guinea and northern Australia.

DATA SOURCES: KSP. Literature (see below). Tree of life.

 

 

 

 

 

last updated on 16th February 2012

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Literature

Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their systematics and biology: 736 pp., 136 colour plates, 26 bw plates with genitalia. Academic Press, San Diego, London, Boston, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto.