''Pontia'' is a genus of

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. They are found in the

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, but are rare in

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and central to eastern

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, and a few species range into the Afrotropics. Several East Asian species once placed here are now more often split off in '' Sinopieris''. Like the closely related genus '' Pieris'', they are commonly called whites.

Species

Listed alphabetically:''Pontia''
funet.fi * '' Pontia beckerii'' (Edwards, 1871) – Becker's white, Great Basin white, or sagebrush white * ''

Pontia callidice ''Pontia callidice'', the lofty Bath white or peak white, is a small butterfly of the yellows and whites family (Pieridae), which occurs in the Palearctic realm. Description Description from Charles Thomas Bingham's (1907) ''The Fauna of Briti ...

'' (Hübner, 1799-1800) – peak white * ''

Pontia chloridice ''Pontia chloridice'', the lesser Bath white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. The species is found in steppe zone of Ukraine, Moldova and Russia; east to Transbaikalia, Mongolia, Korea; south to Balk ...

'' (Hübner, 1808-1813) – small Bath white * ''

Pontia daplidice ''Pontia daplidice'', the Bath white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites, which occurs in the Palearctic region. It is common in central and southern Europe, migrating northwards every summer, often reaching south ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Bath white * '' Pontia distorta'' (Butler, 1886) – small meadow white * '' Pontia edusa'' (Fabricius, 1777) - eastern Bath white * '' Pontia glauconome'' (Klug, 1829) – desert (Bath) white * '' Pontia helice'' (Linnaeus, 1764) – meadow white * ''

Pontia occidentalis ''Pontia occidentalis'', the western white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Western North America. The wingspan is 38 to 53 millimeters. The host plants are from the mustard or cabbage family, Brassicaceae Brassicaceae ...

'' (Reakirt, 1866) – western white * '' Pontia protodice'' (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1830) – checkered white * '' Pontia sisymbrii'' (Boisduval, 1852) – spring white, California white, or Colorado white Some other species are occasionally placed here, but alternatively in other genera. ''Pontia extensa'' may belong in '' Pieris'', while a number of other species from the China region are often split off in '' Sinopieris'': * ''Pontia davidis'' (

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) * ''Pontia dubernardi'' (

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, Nanshan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan) * ''Pontia kozlovi'' (

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) * ''Pontia sherpae'' (

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) * ''Pontia stoetzneri'' (Sichuan, Yunnan) * ''Pontia venata'' ( Ta-chien-lu, at altitude 3000 m)

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