Pieris (Pieridae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Pierini
Subtribus: Pierina
Genus: Pieris
Species (44): P. acadica – P. ajaka – P. angelika – P. bowdeni – P. brassicae – P. brassicoides – P. bryoniae – P. canidia – P. cheiranthi – P. cisseis – P. davidis – P. deota – P. dubernardi – P. dulcinea – P. ergane – P. erutae – P. euorientis – P. extensa – P. itatiayae – P. krueperi – P. lama – P. latouchei – P. mahometana – P. mannii – P. marginalis – P. meckyae – P. melaina – P. melete – P. meneacte – P. mihon – P. naganum – P. napi – P. narina – P. nesis – P. ochsenheimeri – P. oleracea – P. orientis – P. persis – P. pseudorapae – P. pylotis – P. rapae – P. segonzaci – P. shangrilla – P. steinigeri – P. stoetzneri – P. tadjika – P. tadokoroi – P. tomariana – P. venosa – P. virginiensis – P. wollastoni

Name

Pieris Schrank, 1801.

Type species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758.

Synonymy

Mancipium Hubner, [1806]. TS: Papilio brassicae, by monotypy.
Danaus Oken, 1815. TS: Papilio brassicae, by selection of Crotch, 1872. Invalid, homonym of Danaus Kluk.
Ganoris Dalman, 1816. TS: Papilio brassicae, by original designation.
Andropodum Hubner, 1822. TS: Papilio brassicae, by selection of Hemming, 1933.
Tachyptera Berge, 1842. TS: Papilio brassicae, by selection of Hemming, 1934.

References

Das, G.N., Eitschberger, U., Singh, N. & Chandra, K. 2021. A new species of the genus Pieris Schrank, 1801 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae) with taxonomic notes on the Pieris napi group from India. Zootaxa 5004(4): 501–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.4.1. . Reference page.
Eitschberger, U., 1983. Systematische Untersuchungen am Pieris napi-bryoniae-Komplex (sensu lato) (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Herbipoliana. Buchreihe zur Lepidopterologie. Marktleuthen 1(1): 1–504, 60 figs, 3 pls, 43 tables. 322 refs. summary. Reference page.
Eitschberger, U., 1991. Vierzehnte ergänzung zu Systematische Untersuchungen am Pieris napi-bryoniae-Komplex (s.l.) Pieris marginalis ziegleri subspec. nov. aus Nordamerika. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Atalanta 22 (2/4): 353–355.
Eitschberger, U., 2001. Fünfzehnte ergänzung zu Systematische Untersuchungen am Pieris napi-bryoniae-Komplex (s.l.) Eine neue Unterart von Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758) vom Polar Ural (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Atalanta 32 (1/2): 85–88.
Feltwell, J. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 1982. Large White Butterfly; the biology, biochemistry and physiology of Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus). Series Entomologica 18: xxvi + 450pp. Dr. Junk, The Hague. ResearchGate Reference page.
Huang, H. 2019. New or little known butterflies from China - 3 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 78: 203–255. PDF. Reference page.
Huang, H. 2021a. New or little known butterflies from China - 4 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae). Atalanta 52 (3): 338–406. Reference page.
Lamas, G., 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea
Schrank 1801. F. Boica, 2 (1), 152.
Tadokoro, T. ; Shinkawa, T. & Wang, M., 2013. Description of a new species of the genus Pieris (Lepidoptera Pieridae) from North Yunnan, China. Lepidoptera Science 64 (1): 1–9. [1].

Vernacular names

English: Whites (butterfly), Whites
magyar: Fehérlepke
日本語: モンシロチョウ属 or オオモンシロチョウ属
中文: 粉蝶屬