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Pierini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Pierinae

Higher classification
  
Pierinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Pierini

Rank
  
Tribe

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Wingspan
  
Pieris rapae: 3.2 – 4.7 cm

Lower classifications
  
Pieris, Pieris rapae, Pieris brassicae, Appias, Green‑veined white

Pierini is a tribe of butterflies within the family Pieridae.

Genera

Listed alphabetically:

  • Aoa de Nicéville, 1898
  • Aporia Hübner, [1819] – blackveins
  • Appias Hübner, [1819] – puffins and albatrosses
  • Archonias Hübner, 1825
  • Ascia Scopoli, 1777
  • Baltia Moore, 1878
  • Belenois Hübner, [1819] – caper whites
  • Catasticta Butler, 1870
  • Cepora Billberg, 1820 – gulls
  • Charonias Röber, [1908]
  • Delias Hübner, [1819] – Jezebels
  • Dixeia Talbot, 1932
  • Elodina C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Eucheira Westwood, 1834
  • Ganyra Billberg, 1820
  • Glennia Klots, 1933
  • Hypsochila Ureta, 1955
  • Infraphulia Field, 1958
  • Itaballia Kaye, 1904
  • Ixias Hübner, [1819] – Indian orange tips
  • Leodonta Butler, 1870
  • Leptophobia Butler, 1870
  • Leuciacria Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
  • Mathania Oberthür, 1890
  • Melete Swainson, [1831]
  • Mesapia Gray, 1856
  • Mylothris Hübner, [1819] – dotted borders
  • Neophasia Behr, 1869
  • Pereute Herrich-Schäffer, 1867
  • Perrhybris Hübner, [1819]
  • Phrissura Butler, 1870
  • Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867
  • Piercolias Grote, 1903
  • Pieriballia Klots, 1933
  • Pieris Schrank, 1801 – whites
  • Pierphulia Field, 1958
  • Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1857
  • Pontia Fabricius, 1807
  • Prioneris Wallace, 1867 – sawtooths
  • Pseudomylothris Neustetter, 1929
  • Reliquia Ackery, 1975
  • Saletara Distant, 1885
  • Sinopieris Huang, 1995
  • Tatochila Butler, 1870
  • Theochila Field, 1958

    • References

    Pierini Wikipedia
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