''Sinopieris'' is a
genus 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 Pieridae. The genus occurs in
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
,
Nepal,
Nanshan,
Shaanxi,
Sichuan,
Tibet and
Yunnan. All six species were originally included in ''Pieris'' and subsequently in ''
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 ...
''.
From ''Pieris'', this genus is most easily (though not entirely reliably) by the venation in the apical area of the forewing. Most ''Sinopieris'' species have a suffused grey or blackish post-discal band whereas ''Pieris'' usually have a single (males) or a pair (females) of blackish post-discal spots on the forewings, and no trace of any spot or band on the hindwings.
Species
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Sinopieris davidis
''Sinopieris davidis'' is a species of butterfly in the genus ''Sinopieris'', but also possibly in ''Pontia''. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1876 and is found in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is ...
''
(Oberthür, 1876) (
Shaanxi,
Sichuan,
Tibet,
Yunnan)
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Sinopieris dubernardi
''Sinopieris dubernardi'', or Oberthür's white, is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is treated as a member of the genus ''Sinopieris'', or alternately, the genus ''Pontia''. It is found in China, where it inhabits grassland plat ...
''
(Oberthür, 1884) (
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
,
Nanshan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan)
*''
Sinopieris kozlovi
''Sinopieris'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus occurs in Gansu, Nepal, Nanshan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan. All six species were originally included in ''Pieris'' and subsequently in ''Pontia''.
From ''Pieris ...
''
(Alpheraky, 1897) (
Xinjiang)
*''
Sinopieris sherpae
''Sinopieris'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus occurs in Gansu, Nepal, Nanshan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan. All six species were originally included in ''Pieris'' and subsequently in ''Pontia''.
From ''Pieris ...
''
(Epstein, 1979) (
Nepal)
*''
Sinopieris stoetzneri
''Sinopieris'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus occurs in Gansu, Nepal, Nanshan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan. All six species were originally included in ''Pieris'' and subsequently in ''Pontia''.
From ''Pieris ...
''
(Draeseke, 1925) (Sichuan, Yunnan)
*''
Sinopieris venata
''Sinopieris'' is a genus of butterfly, butterflies in the family (biology), family Pieridae. The genus occurs in Gansu, Nepal, Nanshan District, Zhuolu County, Nanshan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan. All six species were originally included ...
''
(Leech, 1891) (
Ta-chien-lu, at altitude 3050 m)
References
External links
''Sinopieris'' Butterflies & Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Pierini
Pieridae genera
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