Overview
Pierinae is a large subfamily of Pierid also known as the Whites, which includes the following species (additional species can be found under the tribes listed in the box to the right):
- Arctic White
- Catalina Orangetip
- Desert Orangetip
- Eastern Orange Tip
- Falcate Orangetip
- Gray Marble
- Green-striped White
- Greenish Black-tip
- Grüner's Orange Tip
- Large White (Pieris brassicae)
- Margined White
- Mexican Orangetip
- Morocco Orange Tip
- Mustard White
- Newfoundland White
- Olympia Marble
- Provence Orange Tip
- Reichel's Margined White
- Red-splashed Sulphur
- Sara's Orangetip
- Small White (Pieris rapae)
- Southern Rocky Mountain Orangetip
- Southwestern Orangetip
- Stella Orangetip
- Utah Stella Orangetip
- West Virginia White Butterfly
- Western Dappled White
- Yellow Tip
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Taxonomy
The Subfamily Pierinae is a member of the Family Pieridae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Pierinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Superorder: Amphiesmenoptera
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder: Heteroneura - a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Superorder: Amphiesmenoptera
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Pierinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Tribe (2): Colotini · Pierini
- Genus (35): Anthocharis · Aporia · Appias · Artogeia · Ascia · Belenois · Catasticta · Cepora · Colotis · Creusa · Delias · Elodina · Elphinstonia · Euchloe · Ganyra · Hebomoia · Hesperocharis · Hyantis · Itaballia · Ixias · Leptophobia · Leuciacria · Melete · Midea · Neophasia · Pareronia · Pereute · Pieriballia · Pieris · Pontia · Prioneris · Saletara · Tatochila · Valeria · Zegris
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,396 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Pierinae.
Genera
Anthocharis
Anthocharis is a genus of the tribe Anthocharini, in the Pieridae family. These are typically small, white-hued butterflies that have colorful marks just inside the tips of the forewings. The tip colors are usually a red-orange hue, hence the name "Orange Tip". The larvae of these butterfly often consume cruciferous plants containing chemicals called glucosinolates. Species and sub-species belonging to the Anthocharis genus include: [more]
Aporia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Appias
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]
Artogeia
Ascia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[2] [more]
Belenois
Catasticta
Cepora
Colotis
Colotis, called Orange Tips or Arabs, is a genus of of the Whites subfamily found mainly in Asia and Africa. [more]
Creusa
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[3] [more]
Delias
Delias is a genus of . There are about 250 species of Delias, found in South Asia and Australia. Delias group of butterflies are considered as having their evolutionary origins in the Australian region. [more]
Elodina
Elphinstonia
Euchloe
Euchloe is a of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini). They are Holarctic in distribution, with most species in Europe, Central Asia and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually called "marbles"; the Old World species are known as dappled whites. [more]
Ganyra
Hebomoia
Hesperocharis
Hyantis
Itaballia
Ixias
Ixias is a genus of butterflies. [more]
Leptophobia
Leuciacria
Melete
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Midea
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[4] [more]
Neophasia
Pareronia
Pareronia is a genus of of subfamily Pierinae of family Pieridae. [more]
Pereute
Pieriballia
Pieris
A genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[5] [more]
Pontia
Pontia is a genus of butterflies. [more]
Prioneris
Saletara
Tatochila
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Valeria
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[6] [more]
Zegris
At least 31 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Zegris.
More info about the Genus Zegris may be found here.
Footnotes
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Appias&search=Search
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Ascia&search=Search
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Creusa&search=Search
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Midea&search=Search
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Pieris&search=Search
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Valeria&search=Search
Sources
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