Pierinae

Pierinae
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Pieris rapae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Subfamily:	Pierinae
Tribes
Anthocharini Pierini Colotini

The Pierinae are a large subfamily of Pierid butterflies. The subfamily is one of several clades 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 Orangetip
• Desert Orangetip
• Eastern Orange Tip
• Falcate Orangetip
• Gray Marble
• Green-striped White
• Greenish Black-tip
• Grüner's Orange Tip
• Mexican Orangetip
• Morocco Orange Tip
• Olympia Marble
• Provence Orange Tip
• 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 Orangetip
• Southern Rocky Mountain Orangetip
• Southwestern Orangetip
• Stella Orangetip
• Utah Stella Orangetip
• Western Dappled White
• Yellow Tip

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