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Pontia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Tribe
  
Pierini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Pontia

Higher classification
  
Pieridae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Pontia Pontia daplidice Wikipedia

Similar
  
Pontia daplidice, Butterfly, Butterflies and moths, Pieridae, Pontia edusa

Checkered white pieridae pontia protodice on blossom


Pontia, commonly called the whites, is a genus of Holarctic pierid butterflies. For another genus called "whites" see Pieris.

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Species

Listed alphabetically:

Pontia Butterflies of India Pontia daplidice

  • Pontia beckerii (Edwards, 1871) – Becker's white, Great Basin white, or sagebrush white
  • Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1799-1800) – peak white
  • Pontia chloridice (Hübner, 1808-1813) – small Bath white
  • Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) – Bath white
  • Pontia davidis (Oberthür, 1876) (Yunnan) may be in Sinopieris
  • Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886) – small meadow white
  • Pontia dubernardi (Oberthür, 1884) (China) may be in Sinopieris
  • Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777) - eastern Bath white
  • Pontia extensa (Poujade, 1888) (western China, Fukien, India) may be in Pieris
  • Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) – desert (Bath) white
  • Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764) – meadow white
  • Pontia kozlovi (Alphéraky, 1897) (Xinjiang) may be in Sinopieris
  • Pontia occidentalis (Reakirt, 1866) – western white
  • Pontia protodice (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1830) – checkered white
  • Pontia sherpae Epstein, 1979 (Nepal) may be in Sinopieris
  • Pontia sisymbrii (Boisduval, 1852) – spring white, California white, or Colorado white
  • Pontia stoetzneri (Draeseke, 1924) (Yunnan, Sichuan) may be in Sinopieris
  • Pontia venata (Leech, 1891) (Ta-chien-lu, at altitude 3000 m) may be in Sinopieris

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    References

    Pontia Wikipedia
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