List of butterflies of China (Pieridae)

Pieridae

genus: Anthocharis

Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758) China

A. c. alexandra (Hemming, 1933) Tian-Shan A. c. koreana Matsumura, 1937 Amur, Ussuri

Anthocharis bieti (Oberthür, 1884) China, Tibet

A. b. tsangpoana (Riley, 1928) Tsangpo

Anthocharis bambusarum Oberthür, 1876

genus: Aporia

Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)

A. c. tianschanica Rühl, [1893] Tian Shan A. c. pseudohippia Verity, 1911 Tibet A. c. ussurica Kardakoff, 1928 Amur, Ussuri

Aporia howarthi Bernardi, 1961 Tibet, Lilung Valley

Aporia bieti (Oberthür, 1884)

A. b. bieti (Oberthür, 1884) West China, Tibet A. b. gregoryi Watkins, 1927 Yunnan A. b. transiens Alphéraky, 1897 Tibet

Aporia hippia (Bremer, 1861)

A. h. hippia (Bremer, 1861) Amur, Ussuri A. h. thibetana Grum-Grshimailo, 1893 Manchuria

Aporia procris Leech, 1890

A. p. procris Leech, 1890 North Yunnan, Sichuan A. p. draesekei (Bang-Haas, 1927) Yunnan A. p. sinensis (Bang-Haas, 1927) Kansu A. p. nyanchuensis Yoshino, 1998 Tibet

Aporia leucodice (Eversmann, 1843)

A. l. illumina (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Tian Shan

Aporia martineti (Oberthür, 1884)

A. m. martineti (Oberthür, 1884) Yunnan, Sichuan A. m. konbogyandaensis Yoshino, 1998 Tibet

Aporia intercostata Bang-Haas, 1927 North China

Aporia potanini Alphéraky, 1892 West China

Aporia lhamo (Oberthür, 1893) Yunnan

Aporia goutellei (Oberthür, 1886)

A. g. tsinglingica Verity, 1911 Yunnan A. g. extrema South, 1913 Tibet

Aporia genestieri (Oberthür, 1902) Yunnan

Aporia delavayi (Oberthür, 1890)

A. d. delavayi (Oberthür, 1890) North Yunnan, Sichuan, East Tibet A. d. minschani Bang-Haas, 1933 A. d. dayiensis Yoshino, 1998 Sichuan

Aporia larraldei (Oberthür, 1876)

A. l. larraldei (Oberthür, 1876) Sichuan A. l. nutans (Oberthür, 1892) Yunnan A. l. melania (Oberthür, 1892) Sichuan

Aporia kaolinkonensis Yoshino, 1997

Aporia gigantea Koiwaya, 1993 Sichuan

Aporia acraea (Oberthür, 1885)

A. a. lotis (Leech, 1890) Sichuan A. a. wolongensis Yoshino, 1995 Sichuan

Aporia tayiensis Yoshino, 1995 Sichuan

Aporia largeteaui (Oberthür, 1881)

A. l. kuangtungensis Mell, 1935 China A. l. pacifica (Mell, 1943) South China A. l. schmackeri (Mell, 1943) South China

Aporia oberthuri (Leech, 1890) China

Aporia hastata (Oberthür, 1892) Yunnan

Aporia joubini (Oberthür, 1913) China

Aporia monbeigi (Oberthür, 1917)

A. m. monbeigi (Oberthür, 1917) North Yunnan (Weixi) A. m. meiliensis Yoshino, 1995 North Yunnan (Dequin)

Aporia harrietae (de Nicéville, [1893])

A. h. baileyi South, 1913 North Yunnan

Aporia agathon (Gray, 1831)

A. a. agathon (Gray, 1831) Southwest China A. a. lemoulti Bernardi, 1945 Sichuan A. a. bifurcata Tytler, 1939 Yunnan A. a. omotoi Yoshino, 2003 North Yunnan

Aporia nishimurai Koiwaya, 1989 Sichuan

Aporia shinnooka Yoshino, 2001 Hupei

genus: Catopsilia

Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)

Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)

genus: Colias

Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758)

C. h. alta Staudinger, 1886 Tian-Shan C. h. novasinensis Reissinger, 1989 Gansu

Colias sareptensis Staudinger, 1871

Colias erate (Esper, 1805)

C. e. amdensis Verity, 1911 Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan C. e. sinensis Verity, 1911 Yunnan, Manchuria C. e. poliographus Motschulsky, 1860 Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Tian Shan

Colias tyche (Böber, 1812) Amur, Mongoli

Colias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761)

C. p. orientalis Staudinger, 1892 Amur

Colias lada Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tibet,Amdo, Gansu

Colias montium Oberthür, 1886 Tibet, Sichuan

C. m. viridis Bang-Haas, 1915 Qinghai C. m. longto Evans, 1924 Tibet C. m. fasciata Kocman, 1999 Qinghai

Colias sifanica Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

C. s. sifanica Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Amdo, Qinghai, Gansu C. s. herculeana Bollow, 1930 Gansu

Colias aegidii Verhulst, 1990 Gansu, Qinghai

Colias nebulosa Oberthür, 1894

C. n. nebulosa Oberthür, 1894 Sichuan C. n. karoensis Hoshiai & Rose, 1998 Tibet C. n. niveata Verity, [1909] Qinghai C. n. pugo Evans, 1924 Tibet C. n. sungpani Bang-Haas, 1927 Sichuan, Gansu

Colias cocandica Erschoff, 1874

C. c. maja Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tian Shan C. c. pljushtchi Verhulst, 2000 Tian Shan

Colias tamerlana Staudinger, 1897

C. t. tamerlana Staudinger, 1897 Xinjiang

Colias tibetana Riley, 1923 Tibet

Colias grumi Alpheraky, 1897

C. g. aljinshana Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang

Colias ladakensis C. & R. Felder, 1865 Tibet

Colias nina Fawcett, 1904 Tibet

C. n. nina Fawcett, 1904 C. n. hingstoni Riley, 1923 C. n. tsurpuana Grieshuber, 1996

Colias berylla Fawcett, 1904 Tibet

Colias adelaidae Verhulst, 1991

Colias arida Alphéraky, 1889 Tibet, West China

C. a. arida Alphéraky, 1889 C. a. cakana Rose & Schulte, 1992 C. a. muetingi Rose & Schulte, 1992 C. a. wanda Grum-Grshimailo, 1893

Colias baeckeri Kotzsch, 1930

Colias stoliczkana Moore, 1878

C. s. stoliczkana Moore, 1878 Tibet C. s. yangguifei Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang

Colias staudingeri Alphéraky, 1881

C. s. emivittata Verity, 1911 Tien Shan

Colias felderi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tibet, China

Colias leechi Grum-Grshimailo, 1893

Colias regia Grum-Grshimailo, 1887 Tien Shan

Colias romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1885 Tien Shan

Colias heos (Herbst, 1792) Mongolia, Ussuri, Southeast China

Colias diva Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tibet, West China

Colias erschoffi Alphéraky, 1881 Tien Shan

Colias wiskotti Staudinger, 1882

C. w. draconis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tien Shan

Colias chrysotheme (Esper, 1781) Northeast China

Colias thisoa Ménétriés, 1832 China

C. t. urumtsiensis Verity, 1909 Tian Shan

Colias fieldii Ménétriés, 1855

C. f. fieldii Ménétriés, 1855 Yunnan C. f. chinensis Verity, 1909 Ussuri genus: Eurema

Eurema ada (Distant & Pryer, 1887)

Eurema andersoni (Moore, 1886)

E. a. sadanobui Shirôzu & Yata, 1982 Yunnan

Eurema blanda (Boisduval, 1836)

E. b. hylama Corbet & Pendlebury Hainan E. b. rileyi Corbet & Pendlebury South China

Eurema brigitta (Stoll, [1780])

E. b. hainana (Moore, 1878) Hainan E. b. rubella (Wallace, 1867) South China E. b. yunnana (Mell, 1943) Yunnan

Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758)

E. h. albina Huang, 1994 Fujian

Eurema laeta (Boisduval, 1836)

E. l. sikkima (Moore, [1906]) Hainan genus: Gonepteryx

Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)

G. r. tianshanica Nekrutenko, 1970 Tian Shan

Gonepteryx mahaguru Gistel, 1857 East China:

G. m. alvinda (Blanchard, 1871) Tibet, Yunnan

Gonepteryx maxima Butler, 1885 Northeast China

G. m. amurensis Graeser, 1888 Amur, Ussuri

Gonepteryx acuminata C. & R. Felder, 1862 Ning-Po

Gonepteryx amintha Blanchard, 1871

G. a. limonia Mell, 1943 Ussuri, Yunnan G. a. thibetana Nekrutenko, 1968 Tibet genus: Leptidea

Leptidea morsei Fenton, [1882] Ussuri, North China

Leptidea amurensis Ménétriés, 1859

Leptidea gigantea (Leech, 1890)

genus: Pieris

Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) China

P. b. nepalensis Gray, 1846 Yunnan P. b. ottonis Röber, 1907 Tian Shan

Pieris naganum (Moore, 1884)

P. n. cisseis Leech, 1890 Houpe, Tsekiang, Honan, Fukien, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan

Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)

P. n. banghaasi Sheljuzhko, 1910 Tian Shan P. n. muchei Eitschberger, [1984] Tian Shan

Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, [1790-1793])

P. b. bryonides Sheljuzhko, 1910 Tian Shan

Pieris narina Verity, 1908 Tian Shan

Pieris ochsenheimeri Staudinger, 1886 Tian Shan

Pieris dulcinea (Butler, 1882)

P. d. dulcinea (Butler, 1882) Amur, Ussuri

Pieris melete Ménétriés, 1857

P. m. orientis Oberthür, 1880 Ussuri P. m. mandarina Leech, 1893 North China P. m. melaina Röber, 1907 Tibet, South China P. m. alpestris Verity, 1908 Sichuan P. m. australis Verity, 1911 Yunnan

Pieris canidia (Linnaeus, 1768) West China, Tibet

P. c. minima Verity, 1908 Tibet P. c. mars Bang-Haas, 1927 Kansu P. c. indica Evans, 1926 Yunnan

Pieris extensa Poujade, 1888 West China

P. e. latouchei Mell, 1939 Fukien

Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) China

P. r. crucivora Boisduval, 1836 Amur, Ussuri P. r. debilis Alphéraky, 1889 Tian Shan P. r. yunnana Mell, 1943 South China

Pieris erutae Poujade, 1888 Yunnan

genus: Pontia

Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)

P. d. moorei (Röber, [1907]) Yunnan P. d. amphimara (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Szetchuan

Pontia callidice (Hübner, [1799-1800]) China, Tibet

P. c. amaryllis Hemming, 1933 Tian Shan P. c. halasia Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang genus: Sinopieris

Sinopieris dubernardi (Oberthür, 1884)

S. d. dubernardi (Oberthür, 1884) Yunnan, Sichuan S. d. kozlovi (Alphéraky, 1897) Nanshan S. d. gyantsensis (Verity, 1911) Tibet S. d. rothschildi (Verity, 1911) Shaanxi S. d. bromkampi (Bang-Haas, 1938) Gansu S. d. wangi Huang, 1998 Tibet S. d. pomiensis (Yoshino, 1998) Tibet

Sinopieris davidis (Oberthür, 1876)

S. d. davidis (Oberthür, 1876) Yunnan S. d. diluta (Verity, 1911)

Sinopieris stoetzneri (Draeseke, 1924) Yunnan, Sichuan

Sinopieris venata (Leech, 1891) Ta-chien-lu

Sinopieris kozlovi (Alphéraky, 1897)

S. k. kozlov i (Alphéraky, 1897) Nanshan S. k. aljinensis (Huang & Murayama, 1992) Xinjiang