Appias melania — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pieridae/Appias

At a glance

Occurrence records332

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility332 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF332 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT2n = 32

01Narrative

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.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding3 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 melania has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

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

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Appias melania carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 32 n = 16

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 321×GoaT · de Vos et al. 2020

GoaT · de Vos et al. 2020 — ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type332 records

Wild obs. + sensor88

Museum / vouchered242

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO384 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 accuracy76% within 1 km

≤100 m 28≤1 km 13≤10 km 11>10 km 2

54 georeferenced · 34 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor88

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 accuracy5% within 1 km

≤1 km 9≤10 km 129>10 km 29

167 georeferenced · 75 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence242

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 institutions6 of 10 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museums Victorialocation not on record	129
Cambridge, US	32
Natick, US	24
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	21
Sydney, AU	4
Auckland, NZ	3
New Haven, US	2
Australian National Insect Collectionlocation not on record	2
Blacksburg, US	1
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	1

10 institutions · 219 of 242 vouchered records shown · 23 without an institution code