Pierinae
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The Pierinae are a large subfamily of Pierid butterflies. The subfamily is one of several clade
s of butterflies often referred to as the Whites. It includes the following species (additional species can be found under the tribes listed in the box to the right):
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
s of butterflies often referred to as the Whites. It includes the following species (additional species can be found under the tribes listed in the box to the right):
- Catalina OrangetipCatalina OrangetipThe Catalina Orangetip , is a subspecies of the butterfly Desert Orangetip that is found only on Santa Catalina Island. Very little is known about them except for the fact that they tend to be found on isolated ridgetops....
- Desert OrangetipDesert OrangetipThe Desert Orangetip, Anthocharis cethura cethura, is a butterfly of the Pierinae subfamily. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it lives in hills and ridges. Its caterpillars mostly eat plants of the mustard family....
- Eastern Orange TipEastern Orange TipThe Eastern Orange Tip , is a butterfly in the Pierinae subfamily, found in southern Europe and into Asia Minor....
- Falcate OrangetipFalcate OrangetipThe Falcate Orangetip is a North American butterfly that was described in 1809 by Jacob Hübner. It belongs to the family Pieridae which is the white and sulphurs. These butterflies are mostly seen on the eastern side of the United States, particularly in Texas and Oklahoma. They eat the nectar...
- Gray MarbleGray MarbleThe Gray Marble is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. Its range is the west coast of USA and Canada....
- Green-striped WhiteGreen-striped WhiteThe Green-striped White , is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. Its range is northern Africa and occasionally the southern Iberian peninsula, especially Spain and Portugal.-Subspecies:*Euchloe belemia hesperidum Rothschild 1913...
- Greenish Black-tipGreenish Black-tipThe Greenish Black-tip , is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. Its range is mainly in northern Africa, the Middle-East and occasionally the southern Iberian peninsula, especially Spain....
- Grüner's Orange TipGrüner's Orange TipGrüner's Orange Tip is a butterfly found mainly in Turkey, Transcaucasian Mountains, Asia Minor and the Armenian highlands.-Subspecies:*Anthocharis gruneri armeniaca*Anthocharis gruneri macedonica*Anthocharis gruneri parnassi...
- Mexican OrangetipMexican OrangetipThe Mexican Orangetip, Anthocharis limonea, is a butterfly of the Pierinae subfamily mostly found in Mexico and the Southwestern United States....
- Morocco Orange TipMorocco Orange TipThe Moroccan Orange Tip, Anthocharis belia, is in the Pieridae family of butterflies. It range is mostly Northwestern Africa – specifically Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia – but is it also found in southern Europe . The length of the forewings is...
- Olympia MarbleOlympia MarbleThe Olympia Marble , is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. Its range is southern Canada and the midwest, down into the southwestern USA....
- Provence Orange TipProvence Orange TipThe Provence Orange Tip , has a similar range as the Morocco Orange Tip but tends to rove a little further north. Its caterpillars use Biscutella as their food source....
- 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 frigida – Newfoundland White
- Pieris oleracea – Mustard White
- Pieris rapae – Small White
- Pieris virginiensis – West Virginia White Butterfly
- Sara's OrangetipSara's OrangetipSara Orangetip or Pacific Orangetip is a butterfly which ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico....
- Southern Rocky Mountain OrangetipSouthern Rocky Mountain OrangetipThe Southern Rocky Mountain Orangetip , is a butterfly found in the southern Rocky Mountains on the eastern side of the range.Their caterpillars feed on Rock Cress species....
- Southwestern OrangetipSouthwestern OrangetipThe Southwestern Orangetip is a butterfly which has a range of mainly the USA Rocky Mountains down into Mexico....
- Stella OrangetipStella OrangetipThe Stella Orangetip is found mainly in the Rocky Mountains in the USA where its caterpillar feeds on different kinds of Rock Cress. It has several subspecies.-External links:* , Butterflies of Canada...
- Utah Stella OrangetipUtah Stella OrangetipThe Utah Stella Orangetip is a subspecies of the Stella Orangetip mainly found in the southern American Rocky Mountains especially in the drier areas....
- Western Dappled WhiteWestern Dappled WhiteThe Western Dappled White , is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. Its range is mainly western southern Europe, being usually found in Portugal, Spain, France and north Africa but is has been seen as far east as Italy....
- Yellow TipYellow tipThe Yellow tip , is a butterfly the Pierinae family whose range is most of Eastern Asia where it is commonplace. Occasionally it is found in Japan....
External links
- Pierinae at TOL Suggested phylogeny and images.