Checklist of Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (And Sulphurs)
for Botswana (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
2337
4562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2335
4557 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 297
2273
4403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1925
3869 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 46
638
1185 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 46
637
1184 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 46
637
1184 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
441
914 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
422
873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
113
282 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs | 16
46 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Botswana
16 Genera with 46 Species | Afrodryas Stoneham, 1847 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1865 | Albatrosses | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1855 | Caper Whites | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1775 | Emigrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1763 | Clouded yellows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1819 | Arabs | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Dismorphia Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dixeia Talbot, 1836 | Small Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eronia Hübner, 1847 | Vagrants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1910 | Grass yellow | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Mylothris Hübner, 1819 | Dotted Borders | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Nepheronia Butler, 1904 | Vagrants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopterix | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1764 | Checkered Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Teracolus Hübner, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Botswana
46 Species and 20 Subspecies | Afrodryas leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn-leaf Vagrant | | Appias (Glutophrissa) epaphia Cramer, 1779 | African Albatross | | Appias epaphia contracta Butler, 1888 | Diverse Albatross White | | Appias (Glutophrissa) sabina C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Albatross White | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | Belenois creona Cramer, 1776 | African Caper | | Belenois creona severina Stoll, 1781 | African Common White | | Belenois gidica Godart, 1819 | African Veined White | | Belenois gidica abyssinica Lucas, 1852 | African Veined White | | Belenois thysa Hopffer, 1855 | False Dotted Border | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Colias electo Linnaeus, 1763 | African Clouded Yellow | | Colotis (Colotis) amata Fabricius, 1775 | Small Salmon Arab | | Colotis amata calais Cramer, 1775 | | | Colotis (Colotis) antevippe Boisduval, 1836 | Large Orange Tip | | Colotis antevippe gavisa Wallengren, 1857 | Red Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) auxo Lucas, 1852 | Sulphur Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) celimene Lucas, 1852 | Lilac Tip | | Colotis celimene amina Hewitson, 1866 | Eastern Lilac Tip | | Colotis celimene pholoe Wallengren, 1860 | Desert Lilac Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) danae Fabricius, 1775 | Crimson Tip | | Colotis danae annae Wallengren, 1857 | | | Colotis (Colotis) dissociatus Butler, 1897 | | | Colotis (Colotis) euippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Round Winged Orange Tip | | Colotis euippe omphale Godart, 1819 | Smoky Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) evagore Klug, 1829 | Desert Orange Tip | | Colotis evagore antigone Boisduval, 1836 | Southern Small Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) evenina Wallengren, 1857 | African Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) hildebrandti (Staudinger, 1885) | ⇒ Colotis hildebrandtii Staudinger, 1884 | | Colotis (Colotis) lais Butler, 1876 | Kalahari Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) pallene Hopffer, 1855 | Bushveld Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) regina Trimen, 1863 | Large Violet Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) vesta Lucas, 1852 | Veined Golden Arab | | Colotis vesta mutans Butler, 1877 | | | Colotis (Cuneacolotis) agoye Wallengren, 1857 | Speckled Sulfur Tip | | Colotis agoye agoye Wallengren, 1857 | | | Colotis agoye bowkeri Trimen, 1883 | | | Colotis (Teracolus) eris Klug, 1829 | Banded Gold Tip | | Colotis (Teracolus) subfasciatus Swainson, 1833 | Lemon Tip | | Colotis hildebrandtii Staudinger, 1884 | Golden Tip | | Colotis ione Godart, 1819 | Bushveld Purple Tip | | Dismorphia eunoe euryope (P.H. Lucas, 1852) | ⇒ Dismorphia eunoe eunoe E. Doubleday, 1844 | | Dixeia pigea Boisduval, 1836 | Ant-heap Small White | | Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823 | Vine Leaf Vagrant | | Eronia leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn Leaf Vagrant | | Eurema (Terias) hapale Mabille, 1882 | Marsh Grass Yellow | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema hecabe solifera Butler, 1875 | | | Eurema brigitta Stoll, 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema brigitta brigitta Stoll, , 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris rubricosta Mabille, 1890 | Eastern Swamp Dotted Border | | Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris rueppellii Koch, 1865 | Rüppel´s Dotted Border | | Mylothris rueppellii haemus Trimen, 1879 | Twin Dotted Border | | Mylothris sulphureotincta (Mabille, 1890) | ⇒ Mylothris rubricosta Mabille, 1890 | | Mylothris xantholeuca (Hübner, 1819) | ⇒ Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | | Nepheronia buquetii Boisduval, 1836 | Buquet's Vagrant | | Nepheronia thalassina Boisduval, 1836 | Blue Vagrant | | Nepheronia thalassina sinalata Suffert, 1904 | Southern Cambridge Vagrant | | Pinacopterix eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pinacopteryx eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pontia helice Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Meadow White |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Botswana | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 3
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dismorphiinae
Schatz, 1887
Mimic-Whites | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 11
38 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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