Pieridae

Eurema hecabe

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamiliae (4): Coliadinae – Dismorphiinae – Pierinae – Pseudopontiinae

Name

Pieridae Swainson, 1820

References

• Balletto, E., Barbero, F., Bonelli, S., Casacci, L.P. & Dapporto, L. 2020. Stabilisation of some names of European butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in their prevailing usage. Zootaxa 4780(2): 387–395. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.2.11 Reference page. 
• Baumann, H. & Reissinger, E, 1969: Zur Tagfalterfauna des Chanchamayogebietes in Peru. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München, 013: 71- 142. Full article: [1].
• Bollino, M., 2008: Two new species of Catasticta Butler, 1870 from Peru (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Genus 19 (3): 355–360. Full article [2]
• Braby, M.F. 2005: Provisional checklist of genera of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Zootaxa, 832: 1–16. Abstract & excerpt
• Braby, M.F., Vila, R. & Pierce, N.E. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea): higher classification and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 147(2): 239–275. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00218.x . Reference page. 
• Espeland, M., Breinholt, J.W., Willmott, K.R., Warren, A.D., Vila, R., Toussaint, E.F.A., Maunsell, S.C., Aduse-Poku, K., Talavera, G., Eastwood, R.G., Jarzyna, M.A., Guralnick, R., Lohman, D.J., Pierce, N.E. & Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. A Comprehensive and Dated Phylogenomic Analysis of Butterflies. Current Biology 28(5): 770–778. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.061 Reference page. 
• Ferris, C.D., 1972: Notes on certain species of Colias (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) found in Wyoming and associated regions. Bull. Allyn Museum 5: 1–23. Full article: [3]
• Heikkilä, M., Kaila, L., Mutanen, M., Peña, C. & Wahlberg, N. 2011. Cretaceous origin and repeated tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279(1731): 1093–1099. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1430 . Reference page. 
• Lamas, G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea
• Wahlberg, N., Rota, J., Braby, M.F., Pierce, N.E. & Wheat, C.W. 2014. Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data. Zoologica scripta 43(6): 641–650. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12075 . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Witjies
• беларуская: Бялянкі
• čeština: Běláskovití
• English: Yellow-White Butterflies
• español: Piérides
• magyar: Fehérlepkék, fehérlepkefélék
• հայերեն: Ճերմակաթիթեռներ
• 日本語: シロチョウ科
• polski: Bielinkowate
• русский: Белянки
• српски / srpski: Лептир купусар
• Türkçe: Beyaz ve sarı kelebekler
• 中文: 粉蝶科

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