Checklist for Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (Brimstones)
and region Ghana (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 354
3756
9520 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 354
3756
9520 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 336
3683
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 216
2958
8177 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 49
1354
4084 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 49
1353
4082 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 49
1353
4082 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 22
944
3149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 19
898
3067 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
207
1237 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs | 17
71 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Ghana
17 Genera with 71 Species | Appias Hübner, 1775 | Albatrosses | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1846 | Caper Whites | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1775 | Emigrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1989 | Gulls | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1792 | Clouded yellows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1819 | Arabs | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Dixeia Talbot, 1837 | Small Whites | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1910 | Grass yellow | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Glutophrissa Hübner, 1775 | Albatrosses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ixias Hübner, 1889 | Indian Orange Tips | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mylothris Hübner, 1895 | Dotted Borders | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Nepheronia Butler, 1836 | Vagrants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pareronia Bingham, 1872 | Wanderers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pereute Herrich-Schä..., 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1846 | Fetterbush | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1829 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudopontia Plötz, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ghana
71 Species and 14 Subspecies | Appias (Catophaga) wardii Moore, 1884 | Lesser Albatross | | Appias (Glutophrissa) epaphia Cramer, 1779 | African Albatross | | Appias (Glutophrissa) phaola Doubleday, 1847 | Congo White | | Appias (Glutophrissa) sabina C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Albatross White | | Appias (Glutophrissa) sylvia (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989 | | Appias bachi (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989 | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | Belenois calypso Drury, 1773 | Calypso Caper White | | Belenois creona Cramer, 1776 | African Caper | | Belenois gidica Godart, 1819 | African Veined White | | Belenois hedyle Cramer, 1777 | Western Yellow Caper White | | Belenois hedyle hedyle Cramer, 1777 | | | Belenois hedyle rhena Doubleday, 1846 | | | Belenois subeida C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Northern Caper White | | Belenois theora Doubleday, 1846 | Forest Caper White | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Cepora himiko Hanafusa, 1994 | | | Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989 | | | Colias heos Herbst, 1792 | | | 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) celimene Lucas, 1852 | Lilac Tip | | Colotis celimene sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905 | | | Colotis (Colotis) danae Fabricius, 1775 | Crimson Tip | | Colotis danae eupompe Klug, 1829 | | | Colotis (Colotis) euippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Round Winged Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) evagore Klug, 1829 | Desert Orange Tip | | Colotis evagore antigone Boisduval, 1836 | Southern Small Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) pleione Klug, 1829 | Orange Patch Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) vesta Lucas, 1852 | Veined Golden Arab | | Colotis vesta amelia Lucas, 1852 | | | Colotis evarne Klug, 1829 | | | Colotis ione Godart, 1819 | Bushveld Purple Tip | | Dixeia capricornus Christopher ..., 1871 | Capricorn White | | Dixeia cebron Ward, 1871 | Cebron White | | Dixeia doxo Godart, 1819 | African Small White | | Dixeia orbona Geyer, 1837 | Creamy Small White | | 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 brigitta Stoll, 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema brigitta brigitta Stoll, , 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema desjardinsii Boisduval, 1833 | Angled Grass Yellow | | Eurema desjardinsii marshalli Butler, 1898 | | | Eurema regularis Butler, 1876 | Even-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Glutophrissa sylvia Fabricius, 1775 | Albatross | | Ixias marianne nola Swinhoe, 1889 | | | Mylothris aburi Larsen & Col..., 2003 | Savanna dotted border | | Mylothris afraorientalis (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Mylothris citrina Aurivillius, 1898 | | Mylothris analis (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Mylothris citrina Aurivillius, 1898 | | Mylothris atewa Berger, L, 1980 | Atewa Dotted Border | | Mylothris chloris Fabricius, 1775 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris citrina Aurivillius, 1898 | | | Mylothris dimidiata (Aurivillius, 1898) | ⇒ Mylothris sulphurea Aurivillius, 1895 | | Mylothris fernandina (Suffert, 1904) | ⇒ Mylothris rhodope Fabricius, 1775 | | Mylothris jaopura (Karsch, 1893) | ⇒ Mylothris rhodope Fabricius, 1775 | | Mylothris poppea Cramer, 1777 | Poppea Dotted Border | | Mylothris rhodope Fabricius, 1775 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris rhopdope | | | Mylothris schumanni (Suffert, 1904) | ⇒ Mylothris rhodope Fabricius, 1775 | | Mylothris sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1895 | | | Mylothris sjostedti Aurivillius, 1895 | Sjoestedt´s Dotted Border | | Mylothris spica Möschler, 1884 | Spica Dotted Border | | Mylothris sulphurea Aurivillius, 1895 | Sulphur Dotted Border | | Nepheronia argia Fabricius, 1775 | Large Vagrant | | Nepheronia pharis Boisduval, 1836 | Round-winged Vagrant | | Nepheronia thalassina Boisduval, 1836 | Blue Vagrant | | Pareronia pingasa Moore, 1872 | | | Pereute swainsoni phalera H. Fruhstorfer, 1907 | | | Pieris (Artogeia) rapae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage butterfly | | Pieris capricornus (Ward, 1871) | ⇒ Dixeia capricornus Christopher ..., 1871 | | Pieris frobeniusi (Felder & Felder, 1865) | ⇒ Belenois subeida C. & R. Felder, 1865 | | Pieris lortzingi (Doubleday, 1846) | ⇒ Belenois theora Doubleday, 1846 | | Pieris theora (Doubleday, 1846) | ⇒ Belenois theora Doubleday, 1846 | | Pinacopteryx eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pinacopteryx eriphia tritogenia Klug, 1829 | | | Pseudopontia paradoxa R. Felder, 1869 | Pseudopontiinae |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Ghana | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 3
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 13
60 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pseudopontiinae
Reuter, 1896
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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