Pieridae
Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773)
Belenois calypso, the Calypso caper white, is a forest-dwelling Pieridae butterfly found across much of Africa.
Belenois java (Sparrman, 1768)
Belenois java (Sparrman, 1768)
Belenois java, the caper white, is a small migratory Pieridae butterfly found in Australia, Indonesia, and Melanesia.
Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819)
Belenois gidica, the African veined white, is a Pieridae butterfly found in the Afrotropical realm with larvae that feed on specific caper-related genera.
Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855)
Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855)
Belenois thysa, the false dotted border, is an African Pieridae butterfly whose larvae feed on Capparis and Maerua racemulosa.
Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836)
Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836)
Belenois zochalia, the forest white, is a Pieridae butterfly found in Africa with a 40–50 mm wingspan.
Archonias brassolis (Fabricius, 1776)
Archonias brassolis (Fabricius, 1776)
Archonias brassolis is the only species in the monotypic pierid butterfly genus Archonias, found across much of the Americas.
Dixeia charina (Boisduval, 1836)
Dixeia charina (Boisduval, 1836)
Dixeia charina, the African small white, is a native southeastern African butterfly in the Pieridae family.
Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
Dixeia pigea (Boisduval, 1836)
Dixeia pigea is a butterfly species with varied forms, distinguished by a yellow hindwing costal streak, found across southern and eastern Africa.
Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
Dixeia spilleri (Spiller, 1884)
Dixeia spilleri is a Pieridae butterfly native to southern and eastern Africa with larvae that feed on Capparis species.
Melete lycimnia (Cramer, 1777)
Melete lycimnia (Cramer, 1777)
Melete lycimnia is a Pieridae butterfly ranging from the southern US to Bolivia that lives in lowland rainforests.
Ascia monuste (Linnaeus, 1764)
Ascia monuste (Linnaeus, 1764)
Ascia monuste, the great southern white, is the only species in the Ascia Pieridae butterfly genus, a migratory species found across the Americas
Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris napi, the green-veined white, is a widespread circumboreal butterfly of the Pieridae family.
Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris brassicae, the large white, is a common pierid butterfly that is an agricultural pest in some introduced regions.
Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris rapae, the small cabbage white butterfly, is a widespread species whose larvae are serious pests of brassica crops.
Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, 1806)
Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, 1806)
Pieris bryoniae is a butterfly species with multiple subspecies found across Eurasian mountain habitats.
Pieris marginalis Scudder, 1861
Pieris marginalis Scudder, 1861
Pieris marginalis, the margined white, is a adaptable canopy generalist butterfly found along Western North America's coast that feeds on Brassicaceae.
Pieris balcana Lorkovic, 1970
Pieris balcana Lorkovic, 1970
Pieris balcana, the Balkan green-veined white, is a butterfly species of the Pieridae family found in the Balkan Peninsula.
Pieris cheiranthi Hübner, 1816
Pieris cheiranthi Hübner, 1816
Pieris cheiranthi (Canary white) is a butterfly similar to Pieris brassicae found in the Canary Islands.
Pieris canidia (Sparrman, 1768)
Pieris canidia (Sparrman, 1768)
Pieris canidia is a butterfly species with distinct markings, found across South and East Asia from Pakistan to China.
Pieris virginiensis Edwards, 1870
Pieris virginiensis Edwards, 1870
The West Virginia white (Pieris virginiensis) is a small North American spring butterfly with declining populations threatened by invasive garlic mustard.
Pieris oleracea (Harris, 1829)
Pieris oleracea (Harris, 1829)
Pieris oleracea, the mustard white, is a declining Pieridae butterfly native to Canada and the northeastern US.
Pieris angelika Eitschberger, 1984
Pieris angelika Eitschberger, 1984
Pieris angelika is a cold-climate Arctic white butterfly found in Alaska and north-western Canada, with a possible future name change.
Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
Pieris mannii is a butterfly species separated from Pieris rapae, that has recently expanded its range northward into Europe.
Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828)
Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828)
Pieris ergane is a butterfly species found in Southeast Europe and Asia Minor with three named forms recorded in Central Italy.
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