Checklist for Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (Brimstones)
and region Hong Kong (South-central China, China)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 325
2686
4513 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 325
2686
4513 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 309
2609
4405 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 188
1986
3313 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 53
1080
1687 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 53
1080
1687 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 52
1079
1686 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 23
740
1198 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 20
696
1145 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
141
261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs | 16
30 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Hong Kong
16 Genera with 30 Species | Appias Hübner, 1862 | Albatrosses | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Ascia Scopoli, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catasticta Butler, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1758 | Emigrants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1775 | Gulls | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1819 | Clouded yellows | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1829 | Arabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Delias Hübner, 1767 | Jezebels | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Dercas Doubleday, 0 | Sulphurs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1878 | Grass yellow | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Hebomoia Hübner, 1758 | Great orange tip | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ixias Hübner, 0 | Indian Orange Tips | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nepheronia Butler, 1836 | Vagrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pareronia Bingham, 1872 | Wanderers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1768 | Fetterbush | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Prioneris Wallace, 1908 | Sawtooths | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Hong Kong
30 Species and 27 Subspecies | Appias (Appias) lyncida Cramer, 1777 | Chocolate Albatross | | Appias lyncida eleonora Boisduval, 1836 | Chocolate Albatross | | Appias (Catophaga) albina Boisduval, 1836 | Common Albatross | | Appias albina darada Felder & Felder, 1865 | Common Albatross | | Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862 | | | Ascia monuste automate Burmeister, 1868 | | | Catasticta pieris pieris Hopffer, 1874 | | | Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775 | Cassia butterfly | | Catopsilia pomona pomona Fabricius, 1775 | Common | | Catopsilia pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common migrant | | Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758 | Mottled Emigrant | | Cepora merissa praetermissa | | | Cepora nerissa Fabricius, 1775 | Common Gull | | Cepora nerissa nerissa Fabricius, 1775 | | | Colias erate Esper, 1805 | Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow | | Colias philodice dorippe (J.B. Godart, 1819) | ⇒ Colias philodice philodice Godart, 1819 | | Colotis halimede halimede Klug, 1829 | | | Delias acalis Godart, 1819 | Red-breast Jezebel | | Delias acalis acalis | | | Delias belladonna kwangtungensis | | | Delias hyparete Linnaeus, 1758 | Painted Jezebel | | Delias hyparete hierte Hübner, 1818 | Painted Jezebel | | Delias pasithoe Linnaeus, 1767 | Red-base Jezebel | | Delias pasithoe pasithoe Linné, 1767 | Chinese Red-Base Jezebel | | Dercas verhuelli van der Hoeven, 1839 | Tailed Sulphur | | Dercas verhuelli verhuelli | | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema hecabe hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema andersoni Moore, 1886 | One-spot Grass Yellow | | Eurema blanda Boisduval, 1836 | Papuan Grass-yellow | | Eurema blanda hylama Corbet & Pen..., 1932 | | | Eurema brigitta Stoll, 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema brigitta rubella Wallace, 1867 | Small Grass Yellow | | Eurema laeta betheseba Janson, 1878 | | | Hebomoia glaucippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Great Orange Tip | | Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe Linné, 1758 | Great Orange Tip | | Ixias pyrene Linnaeus, 1764 | Yellow Orange Tip | | Ixias pyrene pyrene | | | Nepheronia argia idotea Boisduval, 1836 | | | Pareronia pingasa Moore, 1872 | | | Pieris (Artogeia) rapae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage butterfly | | Pieris rapae crucivora Boisduval, 1836 | Small Cabbage White | | Pieris canidia Linnaeus, 1768 | Asian cabbage white | | Pieris canidia canidia Sparrman, 1768 | Cabbage White | | Prioneris philonome clemanthe Doubleday, 1842 | Red-spot Sawtooth | | Prioneris thestylis Doubleday, 1842 | Spotted Sawtooth | | Prioneris thestylis formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908) | ⇒ Prioneris thestylis Doubleday, 1842 |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Hong Kong | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 4
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 12
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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Links, sources and further information Pieridae at artfakta.se
Pieridae at de.wikipedia.org
Pieridae at dyntaxa.se
Pieridae at gbif.org
Pieridae at irmng.org
Pieridae at itis.gov
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