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Pieridae Swainson, 1820

100725  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:100725)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Hexapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Insecta (Class)
  6. Lepidoptera (Order)
  7. Pieridae (Family)
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  1. Genus Anaphaeis Hübner, 1819
  2. Genus Andinoia Bollino, Viloria, Padrón & Costa, 2024
  3. Genus Anteos Hübner, 1819
  4. Genus Anthocharis Boisduval, Rambur & Graslin, 1833
  5. Genus Aoa Nicéville, 1898
  6. Genus Aphrissa Butler, 1873
  7. Genus Aporia Hübner, 1819
  8. Genus Appias Hübner, 1819
  9. Genus Archonias Hübner, 1827-1831
  10. Genus Ascia Scopoli, 1777
  11. Genus Belenois Hübner, 1819
  12. Genus Callidryas Boisduval & Leconte, 1830
  13. Genus Cathaemia Hübner, 1819
  14. Genus Catophaga Hübner, 1819
  15. Genus Catopsilia Hübner, 1819
  16. Genus Cepora Dalman in Billberg, 1820
  17. Genus Charonias Röber in Seitz, 1908
  18. Genus Colialis Bálint, 2022
  19. Genus Colias Fabricius, 1807
  20. Genus Coliates Scudder, 1875 †
  21. Genus Colotis Hübner, 1819
  22. Genus Daptonoura Butler, 1869
  23. Genus Delias Hübner, 1819
  24. Genus Dercas Doubleday in Doubleday & Westwood, 1847
  25. Genus Dismorphia Hübner, 1816
  26. Genus Dixeia Talbot, 1932
  27. Genus Elodina Felder, 1865
  28. Genus Elodinesthes Fruhstorfer, 1914
  29. Genus Elphinstonia Klots, 1930
  30. Genus Enantia Hübner, 1819
  31. Genus Eroessa Doubleday in Doubleday & Westwood, 1847
  32. Genus Eronia Hübner, 1823
  33. Genus Eucheira Westwood, 1834
  34. Genus Euchloe Hübner, 1819
  35. Genus Eurema Hübner, 1819
  36. Genus Falcapica Klots, 1930
  37. Genus Gandaca Moore, 1906
  38. Genus Gideona Klots, 1933
  39. Genus Gonepteryx Leach, 1815
  40. Genus Hebomoia Hübner, 1819
  41. Genus Hesperocharis Felder, 1862
  42. Genus Huphina Moore, 1881
  43. Genus Iberochloe Back, Knebelsberger & Miller, 2008
  44. Genus Itaballia Kaye, 1904
  45. Genus Ixias Hübner, 1819
  46. Genus Klotsius Hemming, 1964
  47. Genus Kricogonia Reakirt, 1863
  48. Genus Larsenaria Bálint, 2022
  49. Genus Lepteronia Stoneham, 1957
  50. Genus Leptophobia Butler, 1870
  51. Genus Leptosia Hübner, 1818
  52. Genus Leuciacria Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
  53. Genus Leucidia Doubleday in Doubleday & Westwood, 1847
  54. Genus Lieinix Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832
  55. Genus Mathania Oberthür, 1890
  56. Genus Megonostoma Reakirt, 1863
  57. Genus Melete Swainson, 1831-32
  58. Genus Metaporia Butler, 1870
  59. Genus Microzegris Alphéraky in Oberthuer, 1913
  60. Genus Miopieris Zeuner, 1942 †
  61. Genus Moschoneura Butler, 1870
  62. Genus Mylothris Hübner, 1819
  63. Genus Nathalis Boisduval, 1836
  64. Genus Neophasia Behr, 1869
  65. Genus Nepheronia Butler, 1870
  66. Genus Oligodonta Brown, 1976 †
  67. Genus Paramidea Kuznetsov, 1929
  68. Genus Pareronia Bingham, 1907
  69. Genus Patia Klots, 1933
  70. Genus Pereute Herrich-Schäffer, 1867
  71. Genus Perrhybris Hübner, 1819
  72. Genus Phoebis Hübner, 1819
  73. Genus Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867
  74. Genus Pieris Schrank, 1801
  75. Genus Pierites Heer, 1849 †
  76. Genus Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1857
  77. Genus Pontia Fabricius, 1807
  78. Genus Prioneris Wallace, 1867
  79. Genus Pseudomylothris Neustetter, 1929
  80. Genus Pseudopieris Godman & Salvin, 1890
  81. Genus Pseudopontia Plötz, 1870
  82. Genus Scalidoneura Butler, 1871
  83. Genus Stolopsyche Scudder, 1889 †
  84. Genus Talbotia Bernardi, 1958
  85. Genus Tepuinoia Bollino, Viloria, Padrón & Costa in Costa et al., 2024
  86. Genus Teracolus Swainson, 1833
  87. Genus Terias Swainson, 1821
  88. Genus Udaiana Distant, 1885
  89. Genus Valeria Horsfield, 1829
  90. Genus Zerene Hübner, 1819
  91. Genus Abaeis Hübner, 1819 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819
  92. Genus Altocolias Kir'yanov, 2021 accepted as Scalidoneura Butler, 1871 (Treated as valid subgenus)
  93. Genus Anapheis Talbot, 1929 accepted as Anaphaeis Hübner, 1819
  94. Genus Andropodum Scudder, 1875 accepted as Appias Hübner, 1819
  95. Genus Artogeia Verity, 1947 accepted as Pieris Schrank, 1801 (Treated as subgenus)
  96. Genus Baltia Moore, 1878 accepted as Pontia Fabricius, 1807 (Treated as valid subgenus)
  97. Genus Calais Boisduval, 1836 accepted as Colotis Hübner, 1819 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, Published as synonym)
  98. Genus Callidrias Feisthamel, 1839 accepted as Callidryas Boisduval & Leconte, 1830
  99. Genus Catasticta Butler, 1870 accepted as Archonias Hübner, 1827-1831 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  100. Genus Cuneacolotis Henning, Henning, Joannou & Woodhall, 1997 accepted as Colotis Hübner, 1819
  101. Genus Cunizza Grote, 1900 accepted as Hesperocharis Felder, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  102. Genus Daptonura Kirby, 1877 accepted as Daptonoura Butler, 1869
  103. Genus Eucheria Aurivillius, 1894 (Misspelling)
  104. Genus Euchira Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Eucheira Westwood, 1834
  105. Genus Euchloë Hübner, 1819 accepted as Euchloe Hübner, 1819
  106. Genus Glutophrissa Butler, 1887 accepted as Appias Hübner, 1819
  107. Genus Glycestha Billberg, 1820 accepted as Belenois Hübner, 1819
  108. Genus Gompeteryx Wood, 1833 accepted as Gonepteryx Leach, 1815
  109. Genus Goniapteryx Westwood, 1840 accepted as Gonepteryx Leach, 1815
  110. Genus Gonioptera Moore, 1905 accepted as Gonepteryx Leach, 1815
  111. Genus Goniopteryx Wallengren, 1853 accepted as Gonepteryx Leach, 1815
  112. Genus Gonopteryx Boisduval & Leconte, 1833 accepted as Gonepteryx Leach, 1815
  113. Genus Hebomoea Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Hebomoia Hübner, 1819
  114. Genus Hebomoïa Hübner, 1819 accepted as Hebomoia Hübner, 1819
  115. Genus Heurema Herrich-Schaffer, 1867 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819
  116. Genus Heurema Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819
  117. Genus Hiposcritia Geyer in Hübner, 1832 accepted as Appias Hübner, 1819
  118. Genus Hyposcritia Butler, 1898 accepted as Appias Hübner, 1819
  119. Genus Hypsochila Ureta, 1955 accepted as Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  120. Genus Idmais Boisduval, 1836 accepted as Colotis Hübner, 1819
  121. Genus Infraphulia Field, 1958 accepted as Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  122. Genus Isogonepteryx Nekrutenko, 1968 accepted as Gonepteryx Leach, 1815 (Treated as subgenus)
  123. Genus Ixiades Hübner, 1826 accepted as Ixias Hübner, 1819
  124. Genus Kibreeta Moore, 1906 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819
  125. Genus Krikogonia Schatz in Staudinger & Schatz, 1886 accepted as Kricogonia Reakirt, 1863
  126. Genus Lade Nicéville, 1898 accepted as Appias Hübner, 1819
  127. Genus Leodonta Butler, 1870 accepted as Pereute Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 (Treated as valid subgenus)
  128. Genus Leptidia Butler, 1886 accepted as Leptidea Billberg, 1820
  129. Genus Leptidia Scudder, 1875 accepted as Leptidea Billberg, 1820
  130. Genus Leptoria Stephens, 1835 accepted as Leptosia Hübner, 1818
  131. Genus Lerene De Haan in Lyonet, 1832 accepted as Zerene Hübner, 1819
  132. Genus Leucophasia Stephens, 1827 accepted as Leptidea Billberg, 1820
  133. Genus Lirinia Grishin in Zhang, Cong, Shen, Song & Grishin, 2023 accepted as Pyrisitia Butler, 1870 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819 (Treated as subgenus)
  134. Genus Lucidia Lacordaire, 1833 accepted as Abaeis Hübner, 1819 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819 (Treated as valid subgenus)
  135. Genus Maiva Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819
  136. Genus Meganostoma Kirby, 1871 accepted as Megonostoma Reakirt, 1863
  137. Genus Mesapia Gray, 1856 accepted as Aporia Hübner, 1819 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  138. Genus Metelodina Seitz, 1927 accepted as Elodina Felder, 1865
  139. Genus Midea Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 accepted as Falcapica Klots, 1930
  140. Genus Milothris Stephens, 1850 accepted as Mylothris Hübner, 1819
  141. Genus Murtia Hübner, 1819 accepted as Catopsilia Hübner, 1819
  142. Genus Nina Horsfield, 1829 accepted as Leptosia Hübner, 1818
  143. Genus Nirmula Moore, 1906 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819
  144. Genus Nychitona Butler, 1870 accepted as Leptosia Hübner, 1818
  145. Genus Parelodina Fruhstorfer in Seitz, 1910 accepted as Elodinesthes Fruhstorfer, 1914
  146. Genus Phrissura Butler, 1870 accepted as Appias Hübner, 1819 (Treated as valid subgenus)
  147. Genus Picanopteryx Scudder, 1875 accepted as Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1857
  148. Genus Piccarda Grote, 1900 accepted as Delias Hübner, 1819
  149. Genus Piercolias Staudinger, 1894 accepted as Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  150. Genus Pierphulia Field, 1958 accepted as Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  151. Genus Pontieuchloia Verity, 1929 accepted as Pontia Fabricius, 1807 (Treated as valid subgenus)
  152. Genus Pseudanaphaeis Bernardi, 1953 accepted as Belenois Hübner, 1819
  153. Genus Pseudohuphina Stoneham, 1940 accepted as Belenois Hübner, 1819
  154. Genus Pyrisitia Butler, 1870 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819
  155. Genus Pyristia Scudder, 1875 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819
  156. Genus Rapis Grishin in Zhang et al., 2023 accepted as Pieris Schrank, 1801 (Treated as subgenus)
  157. Genus Reliquia Ackery, 1975 accepted as Pontia Fabricius, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  158. Genus Saletara Distant, 1885 accepted as Catophaga Hübner, 1819 (Treated as valid subgenus)
  159. Genus Sinchloe Swinhoe in Moore, 1909 accepted as Synchloe Hübner, 1818 accepted as Pontia Fabricius, 1807
  160. Genus Sinopieris Huang, 1995 accepted as Pieris Schrank, 1801 (Treated as subgenus)
  161. Genus Sphaenogona Butler, 1870 accepted as Abaeis Hübner, 1819 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819 (Treated as valid subgenus)
  162. Genus Symmachlas Hübner, 1821 accepted as Delias Hübner, 1819
  163. Genus Synchloe Hübner, 1818 accepted as Pontia Fabricius, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  164. Genus Tachyptera Berge, 1842 accepted as Pieris Schrank, 1801
  165. Genus Tachyris Wallace, 1867 accepted as Appias Hübner, 1819
  166. Genus Tatochila Butler, 1870 accepted as Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  167. Genus Teria Blasquez, 1870 accepted as Terias Swainson, 1821
  168. Genus Teriocolias Röber in Seitz, 1910 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819
  169. Genus Terocolus Swainson, 1833 accepted as Teracolus Swainson, 1833
  170. Genus Theochila Field, 1958 accepted as Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  171. Genus Thyca Wallengren, 1858 accepted as Delias Hübner, 1819
  172. Genus Trigonia Geyer in Hübner, 1837 accepted as Appias Hübner, 1819
  173. Genus Valleria Schaus, 1894 accepted as Valeria Horsfield, 1829
  174. Genus Xanthidia Boisduval & Leconte, 1829 accepted as Eurema Hübner, 1819
  175. Genus Zegris Boisduval, 1836 accepted as Anthocharis Boisduval, Rambur & Graslin, 1833 (Treated as valid subgenus)
  176. Genus Acraea Hübner, 1819 (uncertain, unassessed)
  177. Genus Afrodryas Stoneham, 1957 (uncertain, unassessed)
  178. Genus Archonoia Reissinger, 1972 (uncertain, unassessed)
  179. Genus Artigeia (uncertain, unassessed)
  180. Genus Calopieris Aurivillius, 1898 (uncertain, unassessed)
  181. Genus Colias Hübner, 1819 (uncertain, unassessed)
  182. Genus Dixela (uncertain, unassessed)
  183. Genus Dryas Boisduval in Delegorgue, 1847 (uncertain, unassessed)
  184. Genus Euchera Hübner, 1825 (uncertain, unassessed)
  185. Genus Eucolias Berger, 1986 (uncertain, unassessed)
  186. Genus Euterpe Swainson, 1831 (uncertain, unassessed)
  187. Genus Ganyra Billberg, 1820 (uncertain, unassessed)
  188. Genus Glennia Klots, 1933 (uncertain, unassessed)
  189. Genus Gonoptera Billberg, 1820 (uncertain, unassessed)
  190. Genus Hesperochoia Reissinger, 1972 (uncertain, unassessed)
  191. Genus Leodontoia Reissinger, 1972 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  192. Genus Leptalis Dalman, 1823 (uncertain, unassessed)
  193. Genus Leptidea Billberg, 1820 (uncertain, unassessed)
  194. Genus Metura Butler, 1873 (uncertain, unassessed)
  195. Genus Neocolias Berger, 1986 (uncertain, unassessed)
  196. Genus Palaeocolias Berger, 1986 (uncertain, unassessed)
  197. Genus Paracolias Berger, 1986 (uncertain, unassessed)
  198. Genus Parura Kirby, 1896 (uncertain, unassessed)
  199. Genus Pieriballia Klots, 1933 (uncertain, unassessed)
  200. Genus Pierinoia Reissinger, 1972 (uncertain, unassessed)
  201. Genus Plercollas (uncertain, unassessed)
  202. Genus Prestonia Schaus, 1920 (uncertain, unassessed)
  203. Genus Rhabdodryas Godman & Salvin, 1889 (uncertain, unassessed)
  204. Genus Schatzia Kirby, 1896 (uncertain, unassessed)
  205. Genus Similicolias Berger, 1986 (uncertain, unassessed)
  206. Genus Trifurcula Staudinger, 1894 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2021). Pieridae Swainson, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100725 on 2026-02-21
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2020-05-27 19:12:39Z
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Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

additional source van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221. [details] 

taxonomy source van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221. [details] 

name verified source van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221. [details] 

current name source van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221. [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Butterflies/moths, terrestrial (Parker). Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Oligocene (Rupelian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]
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