Pierini

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Pierini
Subtribus (3): Aporiina - Appiadina - Pierina

Name

Pierini Swainson, 1820.
References

Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
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 Paywall. Reference page.
Williams, M.C., 2008: Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea.

Vernacular names
日本語: モンシロチョウ族, シロチョウ族
中文: 粉蝶族

Pierini is a tribe of butterflies within the family Pieridae.
Genera

Listed alphabetically:[1]

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
Eucheira Westwood, 1834
Ganyra Billberg, 1820
Glennia Klots, 1933
Glutophrissa Butler, 1887
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
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

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