Checklist of Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (And Sulphurs)
for Cape (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 612
8112
20932 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 611
8101
20891 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 584
7978
20649 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 377
6559
17970 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 76
1916
5172 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 75
1910
5155 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 72
1895
5083 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 26
1189
3212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 21
1079
2948 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
233
606 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs | 23
64 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape
23 Genera with 64 Species
| Appias Hübner, 1910 | Albatrosses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1836 | Caper Whites | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Catasticta Butler, 1939 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1775 | Emigrants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1899 | Gulls | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1819 | Clouded yellows | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1819 | Arabs | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Dismorphia Hübner, 1874 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dixeia Talbot, 1884 | Small Whites | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Eronia Hübner, 1847 | Vagrants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1910 | Grass yellow | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Gonepteryx Leach, 1758 | Brimstones | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ixias Hübner, 1889 | Indian Orange Tips | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptophobia Butler, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mylothris Hübner, 1869 | Dotted Borders | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Nepheronia Butler, 1836 | Vagrants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pereute Herrich-Schä..., 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phulia Herrich-Schä..., 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1758 | Fetterbush | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1764 | Checkered Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Teracolus Hübner, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Terias Hübner, 1798 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape
64 Species and 15 Subspecies | Appias lyncida gellia Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | Belenois creona Cramer, 1776 | African Caper | | Belenois gidica Godart, 1819 | African Veined White | | Belenois thysa biton | | | Belenois zochalia Boisduval, 1836 | Forest Caper White | | Catasticta philoscia philoscia C. Felder & ..., 1861 | | | Catasticta (Catasticta) smithia Brown, F & G..., 1939 | | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Cepora iudith hespera Butler, 1899 | | | Colias electo Linnaeus, 1763 | African Clouded Yellow | | Colias gigantea Strecker, 1900 | Giant Northern Sulfur | | Colias interior Scudder, 1819 | Pelidne Sulphur | | Colias nastes moina Strecker, 1880 | Labrador Sulphur | | Colias philodice dorippe (J.B. Godart, 1819) | ⇒ Colias philodice philodice Godart, 1819 | | Colias philodice philodice Godart, 1819 | Clouded Sulphur | | Colotis (Colotis) antevippe Boisduval, 1836 | Large Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) aurigineus Butler, 1883 | African Golden | | Colotis (Colotis) aurora (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Colotis aurigineus Butler, 1883 | | Colotis (Colotis) auxo Lucas, 1852 | Sulphur Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) celimene Lucas, 1852 | Lilac Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) danae Fabricius, 1775 | Crimson Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) doubledayi Hopffer, 1862 | Desert Veined Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) erone Angas, 1849 | Coast Purple Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) euippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Round Winged Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) evagore Klug, 1829 | Desert Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) evenina Wallengren, 1857 | African Orange Tip | | 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 (Cuneacolotis) agoye Wallengren, 1857 | Speckled Sulfur Tip | | Colotis (Teracolus) eris Klug, 1829 | Banded Gold Tip | | Colotis (Teracolus) subfasciatus Swainson, 1833 | Lemon Tip | | Colotis eucharis Fabricius, 1775 | Plain Orange Tip | | Colotis ione Godart, 1819 | Bushveld Purple Tip | | Dismorphia eunoe euryope (P.H. Lucas, 1852) | ⇒ Dismorphia eunoe eunoe E. Doubleday, 1844 | | Dismorphia thermesina pimpla Hopffer, 1874 | | | Dixeia charina Boisduval, 1836 | African Small White | | Dixeia doxo Godart, 1819 | African Small White | | Dixeia pigea Boisduval, 1836 | Ant-heap Small White | | Dixeia spilleri Spiller, 1884 | Spiller's Sulphur Small White | | Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823 | Vine Leaf Vagrant | | Eronia leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn Leaf Vagrant | | Eurema brigitta Stoll, 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema desjardinsii Boisduval, 1833 | Angled Grass Yellow | | Eurema mandarinula Holland, W, 1892 | Mandarin Grass Yellow | | Eurema regularis Butler, 1876 | Even-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Gonepteryx rhamni Linnaeus, 1758 | Brimstone | | Ixias marianne nola Swinhoe, 1889 | | | Leptophobia eucosma eucosma Erschoff, 1875 | | | Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris chloris Fabricius, 1775 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris poppea Cramer, 1777 | Poppea Dotted Border | | Mylothris rueppellii Koch, 1865 | Rüppel´s Dotted Border | | Mylothris trimenia Butler, 1869 | Trimen's Dotted Border | | Nepheronia argia Fabricius, 1775 | Large Vagrant | | Nepheronia buquetii Boisduval, 1836 | Buquet's Vagrant | | Pereute charops charops (Boisduval, 1836) | ⇒ Pereute charops venezuelana Hopffer, 1878 | | Phulia nymphula nymphula Blanchard, 1852 | | | Pieris (Pieris) brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage Butterfly | | Pinacopteryx eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pontia helice Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Meadow White | | Terias brigitta libythea Fabricius, 1798 | |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Cape | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 5
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dismorphiinae
Schatz, 1887
Mimic-Whites | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 17
49 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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