Pierini (butterflies)
| Pierini | |
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| Belenois aurota pausing during migration to sip nectar from Lantana camara | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Subfamily: | Pierinae |
| Tribe: | Swainson, 1820 |
| Genera | |
| See text | |
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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