Pontia (Pieridae)

Pontia edusa

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
Genus: Pontia (Pieridae)
Subgenera: P. (Baltia) – P. (Pontia) – P. (Pontieuchloia) – P. (Sisymbria)

Overview Species

P. beckerii – P. callidice – P. chloridice – P. daplidice – P. distorta – P. edusa – P. glauconome – P. helice – P. occidentalis – P. protodice – P. sisymbrii

Name

Pontia Fabricius, 1807

Synonyms

• Synchloe Hübner, 1818. Type species: Papilio callidice Hübner, 1800 by subsequent designation by Butler, 1870.
• Mancipium Stephens, 1828
• Parapieris de Nicéville, 1897
• Leucochloe Röber, 1907
• Pontieuchloia Verity, 1929
• Reliquia Ackery, 1975

References

Additional references

• Korb, S.K. & Bolshakov, L.V. 2011. A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated. Eversmannia, Supplement 2. Full article (PDF) in Russian. Reference page. 
• Wei Z.-M. & C.-S. Wu, 2005: A Taxonomic Study of the Genus Pontia Fabricius in China (Lepidoptera：Pieridae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 30（4）：815-821. Abstract and full article: [1].
• Wyatt, C.W. 1961. Additions to the Rhopalocera of Afghanistan, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 15(1): 1–18. PDF. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V. 2021. Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 9(3): 1-55. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Whites
中文: 雲粉蝶屬