Appias lalage — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pieridae/Appias

At a glance

Occurrence records123

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Appias lalage's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility123 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF123 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Appias lalage, the spot puffin, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India, Indochina and Hainan.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Appias lalage has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type123 records

Wild obs. + sensor96

Museum / vouchered27

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO356 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy55% within 1 km

≤100 m 18≤1 km 29≤10 km 26>10 km 13

86 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor96

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy8% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 7>10 km 15

24 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence27

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	11
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record	8
Helsinki, FI	3
Zürich, CH	2
Vietnam National Museum of Naturelocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1

6 institutions · 26 of 27 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code