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This is a list of the butterflies of China belonging to the family Pieridae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China.438 species or subspecies of Pieridae are recorded from China.
genus:
AnthocharisAnthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758) ChinaA. c. alexandra (Hemming, 1933) Tian-Shan
A. c. koreana Matsumura, 1937 Amur, Ussuri
Anthocharis bieti (Oberthür, 1884) China, TibetA. b. tsangpoana (Riley, 1928) Tsangpo
Anthocharis bambusarum Oberthür, 1876genus:
AporiaAporia 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 ValleyAporia 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, 1890A. 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 ChinaAporia potanini Alphéraky, 1892 West ChinaAporia lhamo (Oberthür, 1893) YunnanAporia goutellei (Oberthür, 1886)A. g. tsinglingica Verity, 1911 Yunnan
A. g. extrema South, 1913 Tibet
Aporia genestieri (Oberthür, 1902) YunnanAporia delavayi (Oberthür, 1890)A. d. delavayi (Oberthür, 1890) North Yunnan, Sichuan, East Tibet
A. d. minschani Bang-Haas, 1933A. 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, 1997Aporia gigantea Koiwaya, 1993 SichuanAporia acraea (Oberthür, 1885)A. a. lotis (Leech, 1890) Sichuan
A. a. wolongensis Yoshino, 1995 Sichuan
Aporia tayiensis Yoshino, 1995 SichuanAporia 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) ChinaAporia hastata (Oberthür, 1892) YunnanAporia joubini (Oberthür, 1913) ChinaAporia 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 SichuanAporia shinnooka Yoshino, 2001 Hupeigenus:
CatopsiliaCatopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)genus:
ColiasColias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758)C. h. alta Staudinger, 1886 Tian-Shan
C. h. novasinensis Reissinger, 1989 Gansu
Colias sareptensis Staudinger, 1871Colias 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, MongoliColias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761)C. p. orientalis Staudinger, 1892 Amur
Colias lada Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tibet,Amdo, GansuColias montium Oberthür, 1886 Tibet, SichuanC. m. viridis Bang-Haas, 1915 Qinghai
C. m. longto Evans, 1924 Tibet
C. m. fasciata Kocman, 1999 Qinghai
Colias sifanica Grum-Grshimailo, 1891C. s. sifanica Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Amdo, Qinghai, Gansu
C. s. herculeana Bollow, 1930 Gansu
Colias aegidii Verhulst, 1990 Gansu, QinghaiColias nebulosa Oberthür, 1894C. 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, 1874C. c. maja Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tian Shan
C. c. pljushtchi Verhulst, 2000 Tian Shan
Colias tamerlana Staudinger, 1897C. t. tamerlana Staudinger, 1897 Xinjiang
Colias tibetana Riley, 1923 TibetColias grumi Alpheraky, 1897C. g. aljinshana Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang
Colias ladakensis C. & R. Felder, 1865 TibetColias nina Fawcett, 1904 TibetC. n. nina Fawcett, 1904C. n. hingstoni Riley, 1923C. n. tsurpuana Grieshuber, 1996Colias berylla Fawcett, 1904 TibetColias adelaidae Verhulst, 1991Colias arida Alphéraky, 1889 Tibet, West ChinaC. a. arida Alphéraky, 1889C. a. cakana Rose & Schulte, 1992C. a. muetingi Rose & Schulte, 1992C. a. wanda Grum-Grshimailo, 1893Colias baeckeri Kotzsch, 1930Colias stoliczkana Moore, 1878C. s. stoliczkana Moore, 1878 Tibet
C. s. yangguifei Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang
Colias staudingeri Alphéraky, 1881C. s. emivittata Verity, 1911 Tien Shan
Colias felderi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tibet, ChinaColias leechi Grum-Grshimailo, 1893Colias regia Grum-Grshimailo, 1887 Tien ShanColias romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1885 Tien ShanColias heos (Herbst, 1792) Mongolia, Ussuri, Southeast ChinaColias diva Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tibet, West ChinaColias erschoffi Alphéraky, 1881 Tien ShanColias wiskotti Staudinger, 1882C. w. draconis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tien Shan
Colias chrysotheme (Esper, 1781) Northeast ChinaColias thisoa Ménétriés, 1832 ChinaC. t. urumtsiensis Verity, 1909 Tian Shan
Colias fieldii Ménétriés, 1855C. f. fieldii Ménétriés, 1855 Yunnan
C. f. chinensis Verity, 1909 Ussuri
genus:
EuremaEurema 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:
GonepteryxGonepteryx 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 ChinaG. m. amurensis Graeser, 1888 Amur, Ussuri
Gonepteryx acuminata C. & R. Felder, 1862 Ning-PoGonepteryx amintha Blanchard, 1871G. a. limonia Mell, 1943 Ussuri, Yunnan
G. a. thibetana Nekrutenko, 1968 Tibet
genus:
LeptideaLeptidea morsei Fenton, [1882] Ussuri, North ChinaLeptidea amurensis Ménétriés, 1859Leptidea gigantea (Leech, 1890)genus:
PierisPieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) ChinaP. 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 ShanPieris ochsenheimeri Staudinger, 1886 Tian ShanPieris dulcinea (Butler, 1882)P. d. dulcinea (Butler, 1882) Amur, Ussuri
Pieris melete Ménétriés, 1857P. 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, TibetP. c. minima Verity, 1908 Tibet
P. c. mars Bang-Haas, 1927 Kansu
P. c. indica Evans, 1926 Yunnan
Pieris extensa Poujade, 1888 West ChinaP. e. latouchei Mell, 1939 Fukien
Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) ChinaP. r. crucivora Boisduval, 1836 Amur, Ussuri
P. r. debilis Alphéraky, 1889 Tian Shan
P. r. yunnana Mell, 1943 South China
Pieris erutae Poujade, 1888 Yunnangenus:
PontiaPontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)P. d. moorei (Röber, [1907]) Yunnan
P. d. amphimara (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Szetchuan
Pontia callidice (Hübner, [1799-1800]) China, TibetP. c. amaryllis Hemming, 1933 Tian Shan
P. c. halasia Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang
genus:
SinopierisSinopieris 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, SichuanSinopieris venata (Leech, 1891) Ta-chien-luSinopieris kozlovi (Alphéraky, 1897)S. k. kozlov i (Alphéraky, 1897) Nanshan
S. k. aljinensis (Huang & Murayama, 1992) Xinjiang