
Subspecies in India
(1) Appias albina swinhoei (Moore, [1905]) – Sahyadri Common Albatross
(2) Appias albina darada (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Sylhet Common Albatross The subspecies darada is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology

State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Assam | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Karnataka | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 8 | ||
Kerala | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
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Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||||
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Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
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Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 5 | ||||||||||||
Total | 49 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 22 | 22 |
Crateva (Robinson et al. 2010), Crateva religiosa (Nair 2007) (Capparaceae). Drypetes oblongifolia (Kunte 2006; Robinson et al. 2010), Putranjiva roxburghii (Kunte 2006). Drypetes venusta (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Putranjivaceae). Another subspecies name, the NE Indian Appias albina darada (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), has sometimes been applied to the Western Ghats populations.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Appias albina (Boisduval, 1836) – Common Albatross. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/appias-albina, accessed 2025/03/21.