Checklist for Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (Brimstones)
and region Congo (Central Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 516
8807
39529 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 512
8793
39506 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 495
8697
39194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 324
7111
34903 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 68
2481
11561 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 68
2480
11559 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 66
2474
11548 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 25
1619
8751 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 20
1470
8376 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
281
2734 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs | 27
169 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Genera for Congo
27 Genera with 169 Species #ABCDEGIMNP
| Afrodryas Stoneham, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthocharis Boisduval, R..., 1809 | Orangetips | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1904 | Albatrosses | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1896 | Caper Whites | 40 | Species | Taxom | | Calais Laporte de C..., 1889 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Catasticta Butler, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1836 | Emigrants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1989 | Gulls | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1981 | Clouded yellows | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1876 | Arabs | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Delias Hübner, 1884 | Jezebels | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dixeia Talbot, 1836 | Small Whites | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Eronia Hübner, 1847 | Vagrants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1910 | Grass yellow | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Gandaca Moore, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glutophrissa Hübner, 1775 | Albatrosses | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ixias Hübner, 1889 | Indian Orange Tips | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mylothris Hübner, 1897 | Dotted Borders | 85 | Species | Taxom | | Nepheronia Butler, 1871 | Vagrants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Patia Klots, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pereute Herrich-Schä..., 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phoebis Hübner, 1819 | Sulphurs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1846 | Fetterbush | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopterix | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1887 | Checkered Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudopontia Plötz, 2011 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Congo
169 Species and 93 Subspecies | Afrodryas leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn-leaf Vagrant | | Anthocharis (Paramidea) midea Hübner, 1809 | Falcate Orangetip | | Appias celestina galepsus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862 | | | Appias (Catophaga) wardii Moore, 1884 | Lesser Albatross | | Appias (Glutophrissa) epaphia Cramer, 1779 | African Albatross | | Appias (Glutophrissa) perlucens Butler, 1898 | | | Appias (Glutophrissa) phaola Doubleday, 1847 | Congo White | | Appias phaola intermedia Dufrane, 1948 | | | Appias (Glutophrissa) sabina C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Albatross White | | Appias (Glutophrissa) sylvia (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989 | | Appias sylvia nyasana Butler, 1897 | | | Appias sylvia sylvia Fabricius, 1775 | | | Appias sylvia zairiensis Berger, 1981 | | | Appias bachi (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989 | | Appias yambo (Neave, 1904) | ⇒ Dixeia dixeyi Neave, 1904 | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | Belenois calypso Drury, 1773 | Calypso Caper White | | Belenois calypso crawshayi Butler, 1894 | | | Belenois calypso dentigera Butler, 1888 | | | Belenois calypso marlieri Berger, 1981 | | | Belenois crawshayi Butler, 1894 | Crawshay's Caper White | | Belenois creona Cramer, 1776 | African Caper | | Belenois creona severina Stoll, 1781 | African Common White | | Belenois diminuta Butler, 1894 | | | Belenois gidica Godart, 1819 | African Veined White | | Belenois gidica abyssinica Lucas, 1852 | African Veined White | | Belenois ogygia Trimen, 1883 | | | Belenois ogygia bongeya Berger, 1981 | | | Belenois raffrayi Oberthür, 1878 | Raffray's White | | Belenois raffrayi extendens Joicey & Talbot, 1927 | | | Belenois rubrosignata Weymer, 1901 | Red-edged White | | Belenois solilucis Butler, 1874 | Yellow Caper White | | Belenois solilucis loveni Aurivillius, 1921 | | | Belenois solilucis solilucis Butler, 1874 | | | Belenois subeida C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Northern Caper White | | Belenois subeida sylvander Grose-Smith, 1890 | | | Belenois sudanensis Talbot, 1929 | Sudan Caper White | | Belenois sudanensis katalensis Berger, 1981 | | | Belenois sudanensis mayumbana Berger, 1981 | | | Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera Berger, 1981 | | | Belenois theora Doubleday, 1846 | Forest Caper White | | Belenois theora laeta Weymer, 1903 | | | Belenois theora ratheo Suffert, 1904 | | | Belenois theuszi Dewitz, 1889 | Central Caper White | | Belenois thysa Hopffer, 1855 | False Dotted Border | | Belenois thysa meldolae Butler, 1872 | | | Belenois thysa thysa Hopffer, 1855 | | | Belenois victoria Dixey, 1915 | Victoria White | | Belenois victoria hecqi Berger, 1953 | | | Belenois victoria schoutedeni Berger, 1953 | | | Belenois welwitschii Rogenhofer, 1890 | | | Belenois welwitschii shaba Berger, 1981 | | | Belenois welwitschii welwitschii Rogenhofer, 1890 | | | Belenois zochalia Boisduval, 1836 | Forest Caper White | | Belenois zochalia agrippinides Holland, 1896 | | | Calais bicarinatus Quedenfeldt, 1886 | | | Calais excavatus Fabricius, 1801 | | | Calais levasseuri Girard, 1968 | | | Calais nigromaculatus Schwarz, 1905 | | | Calais proximus Girard, 2007 | | | Calais stellio Candeze, 1889 | | | Calais tristis Candeze, 1889 | | | Catasticta pieris pieris Hopffer, 1874 | | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Catopsilia florella hyblaea Boisduval, 1836 | | | Cepora celebensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 | | | Cepora himiko Hanafusa, 1994 | | | Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989 | | | Colias electo Linnaeus, 1763 | African Clouded Yellow | | Colias electo hecate Strecker, 1900 | | | Colias electo pseudohecate Berger, 1940 | | | Colias eogene C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Fiery Clouded Yellow | | Colias erschoffi Alpheraky, 1881 | | | Colias flaveola Blanchard, 1852 | Flaveola Clouded Yellow | | Colias hecate (Strecker, 1900) | ⇒ Colias erschoffi Alpheraky, 1881 | | Colias heos Herbst, 1792 | | | Colias hyale hyale (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Colias hyale Linnaeus, 1758 | | Colias mukana Berger, 1981 | | | Colotis (Colotis) antevippe Boisduval, 1836 | Large Orange Tip | | Colotis antevippe gavisa Wallengren, 1857 | Red Tip | | Colotis antevippe zera Lucas, 1852 | | | Colotis (Colotis) aurigineus Butler, 1883 | African Golden | | Colotis (Colotis) aurora (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Colotis aurigineus Butler, 1883 | | Colotis aurora evarne Klug, 1829 | | | Colotis (Colotis) auxo Lucas, 1852 | Sulphur Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) celimene Lucas, 1852 | Lilac Tip | | Colotis celimene sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905 | | | Colotis (Colotis) daira Klug, 1829 | Black-Marked Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) danae Fabricius, 1775 | Crimson Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) elgonensis Sharpe, 1891 | Elgon Crimson Tip | | Colotis elgonensis basilewskyi Berger, 1956 | | | Colotis (Colotis) euippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Round Winged Orange Tip | | Colotis euippe euippe Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Colotis euippe mediata Talbot, 1939 | | | Colotis euippe omphale Godart, 1819 | Smoky Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) evagore Klug, 1829 | Desert Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) evenina Wallengren, 1857 | African Orange Tip | | Colotis evenina casta Gerstaecker, 1871 | | | Colotis (Colotis) hetaera Gerstäcker, 1871 | Coast Purple Tip | | Colotis hetaera ankolensis Stoneham, 1940 | | | Colotis (Colotis) pallene Hopffer, 1855 | Bushveld Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) protomedia (Klug, 1829) | ⇒ Colotis protractus Butler, 1876 | | Colotis (Colotis) regina Trimen, 1863 | Large Violet Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) vesta Lucas, 1852 | Veined Golden Arab | | Colotis vesta princeps Talbot, 1939 | | | Colotis vesta rhodesinus Butler, 1893 | | | Colotis (Teracolus) eris Klug, 1829 | Banded Gold Tip | | Colotis (Teracolus) subfasciatus Swainson, 1833 | Lemon Tip | | Colotis subfasciatus ducissa Dognin, 1891 | | | Colotis ansorgei (Marshall, 1897) | ⇒ Colotis aurigineus Butler, 1883 | | Colotis evarne Klug, 1829 | | | Colotis ione Godart, 1819 | Bushveld Purple Tip | | Colotis protractus Butler, 1876 | Blue-spotted Arab | | Delias ennia nigidius Miskin, 1884 | Nigidius Jezabel | | Dixeia alberta Grünberg, 1911 | | | Dixeia capricornus Christopher ..., 1871 | Capricorn White | | Dixeia capricornus falkensteinii Dewitz, 1879 | | | Dixeia cebron Ward, 1871 | Cebron White | | Dixeia dixeyi Neave, 1904 | | | Dixeia doxo alberta Grünberg, 1912 | | | Dixeia orbona Geyer, 1837 | Creamy Small White | | Dixeia orbona vidua Butler, 1900 | | | Dixeia pigea Boisduval, 1836 | Ant-heap Small White | | Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823 | Vine Leaf Vagrant | | Eronia leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn Leaf Vagrant | | Eurema (Terias) floricola Boisduval, 1833 | Malagasy Grass Yellow | | Eurema floricola leonis Butler, 1886 | | | Eurema (Terias) hapale Mabille, 1882 | Marsh Grass Yellow | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema hecabe solifera Butler, 1875 | | | Eurema (Terias) senegalensis Boisduval, 1836 | Forest Grass Yellow | | Eurema (Terias) upembana (Berger, L, 1981) | ⇒ Gandaca harina Horsfield, 1829 | | 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 | | | Gandaca harina Horsfield, 1829 | Tree Yellow | | Glutophrissa epaphia Cramer, 1779 | African Albatross | | Glutophrissa sylvia Fabricius, 1775 | Albatross | | Ixias marianne nola Swinhoe, 1889 | | | Mylothris afraorientalis (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Mylothris citrina Aurivillius, 1898 | | Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris agathina agathina Cramer, 1779 | Eastern Dotted Border | | Mylothris agathina richlora Suffert, 1904 | | | Mylothris alberici Dufrane, 1940 | | | Mylothris alcuana Grünberg, 1910 | | | Mylothris alcuana alcuana Grünberg, 1910 | | | Mylothris alcuana binza Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris alcuana shaba Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris analis (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Mylothris citrina Aurivillius, 1898 | | Mylothris aneria (Plötz, 1880) | ⇒ Mylothris rembina Plötz, 1880 | | Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888 | Asphodel Dotted Border | | Mylothris basalis Aurivillius, 1906 | Atewa dotted border | | Mylothris bernice Hewitson, 1866 | | | Mylothris bernice albescens Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris bernice berenicides Holland, 1896 | | | Mylothris bernice nigrovenosa Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris bernice overlaeti Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris canescens (Joicey & Talbot, 1922) | ⇒ Mylothris ochracea Aurivillius, 1895 | | Mylothris celisi Berger, L, 1981 | | | Mylothris chloris Fabricius, 1775 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris citrina Aurivillius, 1898 | | | Mylothris citrina holochroma Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris continua Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris continua continua Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris continua maxima Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris crocea Butler, 1896 | | | Mylothris croceus Butler, 1896 | | | Mylothris croceus croceus Butler, 1896 | | | Mylothris croceus ituriensis Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris dollmani (Lathy, 1906) | ⇒ Mylothris similis Lathy, 1906 | | Mylothris ducarmei Hecq, 2001 | | | Mylothris elodina Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris elodina diva Berger, 1954 | | | Mylothris elodina pelenge Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris fernandina (Suffert, 1904) | ⇒ Mylothris rhodope Fabricius, 1775 | | Mylothris flaviana Grose-Smith, 1898 | Yellow Dotted Border | | Mylothris flaviana interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1921 | | | Mylothris flavicosta (Grünberg, 1910) | ⇒ Mylothris kiwuensis Grünberg, 1910 | | Mylothris hilara Karsch, 1892 | Hilara Dotted Border | | Mylothris hilara goma Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891 | Jackson's Dotted Border | | Mylothris kahusiana Hecq, 2001 | | | Mylothris kiwuensis Grünberg, 1910 | | | Mylothris kiwuensis kiwuensis Grünberg, 1910 | | | Mylothris kiwuensis marielouisae Berger, 1979 | | | Mylothris kiwuensis rhodopoides Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris knutsoni Aurivillius, 1891 | | | Mylothris latimargo (Butler, 1897) | ⇒ Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897 | | Mylothris mafuga Berger, L, 1981 | | | Mylothris nubila Möschler, 1884 | | | Mylothris nubila canescens Joicey & Talbot, 1922 | | | Mylothris nubila fontainei Berger, 1952 | | | Mylothris ochrea Berger, L, 1981 | | | Mylothris polychroma Berger, L, 1981 | | | Mylothris poppea Cramer, 1777 | Poppea Dotted Border | | Mylothris rembina Plötz, 1880 | Smoky Dotted Border | | Mylothris rhodope Fabricius, 1775 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris rhopdope | | | Mylothris ruanctana | | | Mylothris ruandana Strand, 1909 | | | Mylothris rubricosta Mabille, 1890 | Eastern Swamp Dotted Border | | Mylothris rubricosta pulchra Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris rubricosta rubricosta Mabille, 1890 | | | Mylothris rueppellii rhodesiana Riley, 1921 | | | Mylothris sagala Grose-Smith, 1886 | Dusky Dotted Border | | Mylothris sagala albissima Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris schoutedeni Berger, L, 1952 | | | Mylothris schumanni (Suffert, 1904) | ⇒ Mylothris rhodope Fabricius, 1775 | | Mylothris schumanni uniformis Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris schumanni zairiensis Berger, 1981 | | | Mylothris similis Lathy, 1906 | | | Mylothris similis dollmani Riley, 1921 | | | Mylothris similis noel Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1895 | | | Mylothris sjostedti Aurivillius, 1895 | Sjoestedt´s Dotted Border | | Mylothris sjostedti hecqui Berger, 1952 | | | Mylothris sjostedti sjostedti Aurivillius, 1895 | | | Mylothris solilucis (Grose-Smith, 1898) | ⇒ Mylothris sulphurea Aurivillius, 1895 | | Mylothris spica Möschler, 1884 | Spica Dotted Border | | Mylothris spika | | | Mylothris subsolana Hecq, 2001 | | | Mylothris sulphurea Aurivillius, 1895 | Sulphur Dotted Border | | Mylothris sulphureotincta (Mabille, 1890) | ⇒ Mylothris rubricosta Mabille, 1890 | | Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897 | Fragile Dotted Border | | Nepheronia argia Fabricius, 1775 | Large Vagrant | | Nepheronia buquetii Boisduval, 1836 | Buquet's Vagrant | | Nepheronia pharis Boisduval, 1836 | Round-winged Vagrant | | Nepheronia thalassina Boisduval, 1836 | Blue Vagrant | | Nepheronia thalassina verulanus Ward, 1871 | | | Patia cordillera larunda Hewitson, 1869 | | | Pereute leucodrosime Kollar, 1850 | | | Phoebis argante cypris (Hubner, 1819) | ⇒ Phoebis argante argante Fabricius, 1775 | | Pieris abti (Butler, 1874) | ⇒ Belenois solilucis Butler, 1874 | | Pieris capricornus (Ward, 1871) | ⇒ Dixeia capricornus Christopher ..., 1871 | | Pieris frobeniusi (Felder & Felder, 1865) | ⇒ Belenois subeida C. & R. Felder, 1865 | | Pieris glucki (Butler, 1874) | ⇒ Belenois solilucis Butler, 1874 | | Pieris lortzingi (Doubleday, 1846) | ⇒ Belenois theora Doubleday, 1846 | | Pieris theora (Doubleday, 1846) | ⇒ Belenois theora Doubleday, 1846 | | Pinacopterix eriphia wittei Berger, 1940 | | | Pinacopteryx eriphia wittei (Berger, 1940) | ⇒ Pinacopterix eriphia Godart, 1819 | | Pontia helice johnstonii Crowley, 1887 | | | Pseudopontia australis Dixey, 1923 | | | Pseudopontia mabira K. Mitter & ..., 2011 | | | Pseudopontia paradoxa R. Felder, 1869 | Pseudopontiinae | | Pseudopontia zambezi K. Mitter & ..., 2011 | |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Congo | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 5
21 | 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 | 18
135 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pseudopontiinae
Reuter, 1896
| 1
4 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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