genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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 ...
in the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 Levi ...
found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
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Species
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Prioneris autothisbe
''Prioneris'' is a genus of butterfly, butterflies in the family (biology), family Pieridae found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*''Prioneris autothisbe'' (Hübner, 1826)
*''Prioneris clemanthe'' (Doubleday, 1846)
*''Prioneris cornelia'' (van ...
Prioneris cornelia
''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)
*''Prio ...
'' (van Vollenhoven, 1865)
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Prioneris hypsipyle
''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)
*'' Pri ...
'' Weymer, 1887
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Prioneris philonome
''Prioneris philonome'', the redspot sawtooth, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterl ...
'' (Boisduval, 1836)
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Prioneris sita
''Prioneris sita'', the painted sawtooth, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in south India and Sri Lanka.
Description
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Upperside: White with a slight greenish tint. Forewings and hindw ...
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Prioneris thestylis
''Prioneris thestylis'', the spotted sawtooth, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and a ...