Appias zarinda

Eastern orange albatross
	At Tomohon, North Sulawesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Appias
Species:	A. zarinda
Binomial name
	Appias zarinda; (Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
	Pieris zarinda Boisduval, 1836; Pieris fatime Vollenhoven, 1866; Tachyris bouruensis Wallace, 1867; Tachyris phestus Westwood, 1888; Tachyris nero sulana Fruhstorfer, 1899;

Appias zarinda, the eastern orange albatross, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae that is found on Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands, Indonesia.

Subspecies and distribution

A. z. zarinda (Sulawesi, Kabaena, Tukangbesi Islands, and Peleng Island: Banggai Islands)
A. z. bouruensis (Wallace, 1867) (Buru)
A. z. phestus (Westwood, 1888) (Sangihe Islands and Talise Islands)
A. z. sulana (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Mangole Island: Sula Islands)

Vane-Wright, R.I. & R. de Jong (2003). The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische verhandelingen / uitgegeven door het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden 343, 11.vii.2003: 3-267.

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