Pierinae Explained

The Pierinae are a large subfamily of pierid butterflies. The subfamily is one of several clades of butterflies often referred to as the whites.

Species

It includes the following species (additional species can be found under the tribes listed in the adjacent box):

• Anthocharis belia – Morocco orange tip
• Anthocharis cethura – desert orangetip
  • Anthocharis cethura catalina – Catalina orangetip
• Anthocharis damone – eastern orange tip
• Anthocharis euphenoides – Provence orange tip
• Anthocharis gruneri – Grüner's orange tip
• Anthocharis julia – southern Rocky Mountain orangetip
• Anthocharis lanceolata – gray marble
• Anthocharis limonea – Mexican orangetip
• Anthocharis midea – falcate orangetip
• Anthocharis sara – Sara's orangetip
  • Anthocharis sara thoosa – southwestern orangetip
• Anthocharis scolymus – yellow tip
• Anthocharis stella – Stella orangetip
  • Anthocharis stella browningi – Utah Stella orangetip
• Euchloe belemia – green-striped white
• Euchloe charlonia – greenish black-tip
• Euchloe crameri – western dappled white
• Euchloe olympia – Olympia marble
• Phoebis avellaneda – red-splashed sulphur
• Pieris angelika – Arctic white
• Pieris brassicae – large white
• Pieris marginalis – margined white
  • Pieris marginalis reicheli – Reichel's margined white
• Pieris oleracea – mustard white
  • Pieris oleracea frigida – Newfoundland white
• Pieris rapae – small white
• Pieris virginiensis – West Virginia white butterfly

Further reading

• Glassberg, Jeffrey (2001). Butterflies through Binoculars, The West
• Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. (2001). Butterflies of British Columbia
• James, David G. and Nunnallee, David (2011). Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies
• Pelham, Jonathan (2008). Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada
• Pyle, Robert Michael (2002). The Butterflies of Cascadia

External links

• • Pierinae at TOL Suggested phylogeny and images.
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Butterflies of America