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Pieridae

236 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Pieridae

Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)

Colotis aurigineus is a Pieridae butterfly found in parts of Central and East Africa, whose larvae feed on Maerua species.

Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)

Colotis eris, the banded gold tip, is a Pieridae butterfly found in the Afrotropical realm, with larvae feeding on two Boscia species.

Colotis subfasciatus (Swainson, 1833)

Colotis subfasciatus, the lemon tip, is a Pieridae butterfly found in the Afrotropical realm's savannah and woodlands.

Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793)

Leptosia nina, the wandering snowflake, is a butterfly found across South and East Asia, with larvae feeding on capers and related plants.

Leptosia alcesta (Stoll, 1781)

Leptosia alcesta, the African wood white, is a Pieridae butterfly found in Africa whose larvae feed on specific caper plant species.

Leptidea morsei Fenton, 1881

Leptidea morsei, Fenton's wood white, is a two-generation Pieridae butterfly found from central Europe to East Asia.

Leptidea amurensis (Ménétriés, 1859)

Leptidea amurensis is a white-winged butterfly species found in East Asia, with recognized forms and one documented aberration.

Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871)

Leptidea duponcheli is a butterfly species with a distinct summer form that differs from related L. sinapis in wing markings.

Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Leptidea sinapis, the wood white butterfly, is a declining small white Pierid found across Europe to central Asia that is a UK conservation priority.

Leptidea juvernica Williams, 1946

Leptidea juvernica, the Cryptic wood white, is a Pieridae butterfly ranging from western Europe to Kazakhstan.

Enantia lina (Herbst, 1792)

Enantia lina is a Pieridae butterfly found from Mexico to most of South America.

Dismorphia amphione (Cramer, 1779)

Dismorphia amphione, the tiger mimic white, is a variable Pierid butterfly that mimics Mechanitis ithomiine butterflies.

Dismorphia crisia (Drury, 1782)

Dismorphia crisia is a variable Pieridae butterfly found from northern Central America to Bolivia and the Amazon basin.

Dismorphia theucharila (Doubleday, 1848)

Dismorphia theucharila, the clearwinged mimic white, is a sexually dimorphic Pieridae butterfly found from Mexico to Bolivia and the Guianas.

Dismorphia medora (Doubleday, 1844)

Dismorphia medora, the Medora mimic white, is a Pieridae butterfly found in northwestern South America with a ~38 mm wingspan.

Dismorphia thermesia (Godart, 1819)

Dismorphia thermesia, the pretty mimic white, is a Pieridae butterfly found across northern and western South America.

Dismorphia spio (Godart, 1819)

Dismorphia spio is a Pieridae butterfly found in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico that mimics Heliconius charitonius.

Dismorphia astyocha Hübner, 1831

Dismorphia astyocha is a Pieridae butterfly found in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Argentina.

Pseudopieris nehemia (Boisduval, 1836)

Pseudopieris nehemia, the clean mimic-white, is a Pieridae butterfly found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.

Lieinix nemesis (Latreille, 1813)

Lieinix nemesis, the frosted mimic-white, is a Pieridae butterfly ranging from Mexico to Peru that lives in mid-elevation cloudforests.

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