Appias melania

Grey albatross
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Appias
Species:	A. melania
Binomial name
	Appias melania; (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
	Papilio melania Fabricius, 1775; Tachyris asteria Miskin, 1889; Tachyris cerussa Fruhstorfer, 1904; Appias melania antoniae Fruhstorfer, 1910;

Appias melania, the grey albatross, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is endemic to northern Queensland in Australia.

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

The larvae feed on Drypetes species.

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