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butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

within the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Le ...

Genera

Listed alphabetically:''Pierini''
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'' Hübner, 819/small> – blackveins *''

Appias In ancient Rome, Appias was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiades" ( ...

'' Hübner, 819/small> – puffins and albatrosses *'' Archonias'' Hübner, 1825 *'' Ascia'' Scopoli, 1777 *''

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'' Moore, 1878 *''

Belenois ''Belenois'', commonly called the caper whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found in mainly in Africa and south-west Asia. Species Subgenus ''Anaphaeis'' Hübner, 1819: *''Belenois aurota'' ...

'' Hübner, 819/small> – caper whites *'' Catasticta'' Butler, 1870 *'' Cepora'' Billberg, 1820 – gulls *'' Charonias'' Röber,

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Delias ''Delias'' is a genus of butterflies. There are about 250 species of the genus ''Delias'', found in South Asia and Australia. The genus is considered to have its evolutionary origins in the Australian region.Braby, M.F. and N.E. Pierce. 2006. Sy ...

'' Hübner, 819/small> – Jezebels *''

Dixeia ''Dixeia'', commonly called the small whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found mainly in Africa. They are not to be confused with the cabbage white butterfly, ''Pieris rapae'', which is ref ...

'' Talbot, 1932 *'' Eucheira'' Westwood, 1834 *'' Ganyra'' Billberg, 1820 *'' Glennia'' Klots, 1933 *''

Glutophrissa ''Glutophrissa'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the mo ...

'' Butler, 1887 *''

Hypsochila ''Hypsochila'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varietie ...

'' Ureta, 1955 *''

Infraphulia ''Infraphulia'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieti ...

'' Field, 1958 *''

Itaballia ''Itaballia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in Central and South America.Ixias'' Hübner, 819/small> – Indian orange tips *''

Leodonta ''Leodonta'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species *''Leodonta dysoni'' (Doubleday, 1847) *''Leodonta tagaste'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1859) *''Leodonta tellane'' (Hewitson, 1860) *''Leodonta zenobia'' (Felder, C ...

'' Butler, 1870 *''

Leptophobia ''Leptophobia'' is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieti ...

'' Butler, 1870 *''

Leuciacria ''Leuciacria'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species *''Leuciacria acuta'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 *''Leuciacria olivei ''Leuciacria'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Species *''Leuciacria acuta ''L ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 *''

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Mesapia ''Mesapia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It contains only one species, ''Mesapia peloria'', the Tibet blackvein, which is found in India, Nepal and China. It is a mid-sized to large species. Subspecies *''M. p. epsteina'' Ta ...

'' Gray, 1856 *'' Mylothris'' Hübner, 819/small> – dotted borders *'' Neophasia'' Behr, 1869 *'' Pereute'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 *'' Perrhybris'' Hübner, 819/small> *'' Phrissura'' Butler, 1870 *''

Phulia Phulia (also spelled Fulia) is a census town in the Santipur CD block of the Ranaghat subdivision in the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is birthplace of 'Adi kavi' of Bengal Krittibas Ojha. Geography Location Fulia i ...

'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 *'' Piercolias'' Grote, 1903 *'' Pieriballia'' Klots, 1933 *'' Pieris'' Schrank, 1801 – whites *'' Pierphulia'' Field, 1958 *''

Pinacopteryx ''Pinacopteryx'' is a monotypic genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa containing ''Pinacopteryx eriphia'', the zebra white.Pontia ''Pontia'' is a genus of pierid butterflies. They are found in the Holarctic, but are rare in Europe and central to eastern North America, and a few species range into the Afrotropics. Several East Asian species once placed here are now more o ...

'' Fabricius, 1807 *''

Prioneris ''Prioneris'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in the Indomalayan realm. Species *'' Prioneris autothisbe'' (Hübner, 1826) *'' Prioneris clemanthe'' (Doubleday, 1846) *'' Prioneris cornelia'' (van Vollenhoven, 1865) *'' Pr ...

'' Wallace, 1867 – sawtooths *'' Pseudomylothris'' Neustetter, 1929 *'' Reliquia'' Ackery, 1975 *'' Saletara'' Distant, 1885 *'' Sinopieris'' Huang, 1995 *'' Tatochila'' Butler, 1870 *'' Theochila'' Field, 1958

References

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