Appias, ye un xéneru de caparines perteneciente a la familia Pieridae. Atópase n'África y sur d'Asia.<ref name='Funet'>Markku Savela (1999-2013) </ref> Lepidoptera and some other life forms.
Especies Esisten 36 especies reconocíes nel xéneru:Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005. Funet.fi Appias ada (Stoll, ) Appias aegis (Felder, C & R Felder, 1861) Appias albina (Boisduval, 1836) Appias aroa (Ribbe, 1900) Appias athama (Blanchard, 1848) Appias caeca Corbet, 1941 Appias cardena (Hewitson, ) Appias celestina (Boisduval, 1832) Appias clementina (Felder, C, 1860) Appias dolorosa Fruhstorfer, 1910 Appias drusilla (Cramer, ) Appias epaphia (Cramer, ) Appias galene (Felder, C & R Felder, 1865) ?Appias hero (Fabricius, 1793) Appias hombroni (Lucas, 1852) Appias inanis van Eecke, 1913 Appias indra (Moore, 1857) Appias ithome (C. & R. Felder, 1859) Appias lalage (Doubleday, 1842) Appias lalassis Grose-Smith, 1887 Appias lasti (Grose-Smith, 1889) Appias leis (Geyer, ) Appias libythea (Fabricius, 1775) Appias lyncida (Cramer, ) Appias mata Kheil, 1884 Appias melania (Fabricius, 1775) Appias nephele Hewitson, Appias nero (Fabricius, 1793) Appias nupta (Fruhstorfer, 1897) Appias olferna Swinhoe, 1890 Appias panda Appias pandione (Geyer, ) Appias paulina (Cramer, ) Appias perlucens (Butler, 1898) Appias phaola (Doubleday, 1847) Appias phoebe (C. & R. Felder, 1861) thumb|Appias phoebe Appias placidia (Stoll, ) Appias punctifera d'Almeida, 1939 Appias remedios Schröder & Treadaway, 1990 Appias sabina (C. & R. Felder, ) Appias sylvia (Fabricius, 1775) Appias waltraudae Schröder, 1977 Appias wardii (Moore, 1884) Appias zarinda (Boisduval, 1836) Siquier una especie reportóse na rexón Neártica, 6 d'elles tienen distribución afrotropical.J. P. Pelham (2006) A skeleton checklist of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Preparatory to publication of the Catalogue.<ref name="Williams2003">"Mark C. Williams (2003) Afrotropical Checklist from Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers, digitalizao por Fernley Symons y compartido por J. Mallet en The Taxome Project Home Page (Consultáu en Febrero 2017).
Plantes hospederes Les especies del xéneru Appias aliméntense de plantes de les families Brassicaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Passifloraceae, Dichapetalaceae, Loranthaceae, Santalaceae, Olacaceae, Polygonaceae y Salvadoraceae. Les plantes hospederes reportaes incluyíe los xéneros Crateva, Capparis, Drypetes, Boscia, Brassica, Cleome, Maerua, Niebuhria, Ritchiea, Phyllanthus, Passiflora, Rorippa, Putranjiva, Cadaba, Dichapetalum, Salvadora. Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts. (Consultado n'avientu 2012).Larsen TB (2005) Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. 270 p.Kroon DM (1999) Lepidoptera of Southern Africa. Host-plants and other associations. A Catalogue. Sasolburg, South Africa: Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa. 160 p.Dyer, Miller & Gentry (2002) Compilation of caterpillars and parasitoids databases (Consultáu en Noviembre 2012)Braby MF, Trueman JWH (2006) Evolution of larval host plant associations and adaptive radiation in pierid butterflies. J Evol Biol 19: 1677–1690.
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