Checklist of Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (And Sulphurs)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 62
1218
2857 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 62
1217
2856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 60
1214
2851 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 23
675
1624 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 19
618
1486 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 6
153
356 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs | 27
60 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namibia
27 Genera with 60 Species
| Afrodryas Stoneham, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1775 | Albatrosses | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 0 | Caper Whites | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1775 | Emigrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1989 | Gulls | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1758 | Clouded yellows | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1819 | Arabs | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Dismorphia Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dixeia Talbot, 1836 | Small Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eronia Hübner, 1847 | Vagrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchloe Hübner, 1847 | Dappled whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1910 | Grass yellow | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Glutophrissa Hübner, 1775 | Albatrosses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ixias Hübner, 1889 | Indian Orange Tips | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptidea Billberg, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptophobia Butler, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mylothris Hübner, 1819 | Dotted Borders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neophasia Behr, 1859 | Pine Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nepheronia Butler, 1904 | Vagrants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pareronia Bingham, 1872 | Wanderers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pereute Herrich-Schä..., 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phulia Herrich-Schä..., 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1758 | Fetterbush | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopterix | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1819 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1764 | Checkered Whites | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Teracolus Hübner, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
60 Species and 32 Subspecies | Afrodryas leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn-leaf Vagrant | | Appias celestina galepsus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Appias (Catophaga) wardii Moore, 1884 | Lesser Albatross | | Appias (Glutophrissa) sylvia (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989 | | Appias sylvia nyasana Butler, 1897 | | | Appias bachi (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989 | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | Belenois aurota aurota | Pioneer | | 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 biton | | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Cepora himiko Hanafusa, 1994 | | | Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989 | | | Colias electo Linnaeus, 1763 | African Clouded Yellow | | Colias hyale hyale (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Colias hyale Linnaeus, 1758 | | Colotis (Colotis) amata Fabricius, 1775 | Small Salmon Arab | | Colotis amata williami Henning & He..., 1994 | | | 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 pholoe Wallengren, 1860 | Desert Lilac Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) danae Fabricius, 1775 | Crimson Tip | | Colotis danae annae Wallengren, 1857 | | | Colotis danae walkeri Butler, 1884 | | | 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 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 evenina evenina Wallengren, 1857 | | | 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 eris eris Klug, 1829 | | | Colotis (Teracolus) subfasciatus Swainson, 1833 | Lemon Tip | | Colotis evippe Linnaeus, 1758 | | | 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 leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn Leaf Vagrant | | Euchloe (Euchloe) creusa Doubleday, 1847 | California Marble | | Eurema (Terias) floricola Boisduval, 1833 | Malagasy 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 desjardinsii Boisduval, 1833 | Angled Grass Yellow | | Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Glutophrissa sylvia Fabricius, 1775 | Albatross | | Ixias marianne nola Swinhoe, 1889 | | | Leptidea amurensis vibilia Janson, 1878 | | | Leptophobia eucosma eucosma Erschoff, 1875 | | | Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | Common Dotted Border | | Neophasia menapia C. & R. Felder, 1859 | Pine butterfly | | Nepheronia argia idotea Boisduval, 1836 | | | Nepheronia buquetii Boisduval, 1836 | Buquet's Vagrant | | Nepheronia thalassina Boisduval, 1836 | Blue Vagrant | | Nepheronia thalassina sinalata Suffert, 1904 | Southern Cambridge Vagrant | | Pareronia pingasa Moore, 1872 | | | Pereute charops charops (Boisduval, 1836) | ⇒ Pereute charops venezuelana Hopffer, 1878 | | Phulia nymphula nymphula Blanchard, 1852 | | | Pieris (Pieris) brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage Butterfly | | Pinacopterix eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pinacopteryx eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia Godart, , 1819 | Zebra White | | Pontia helice Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Meadow White | | Pontia helice helice Linnaeus, 1764 | |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Namibia | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 3
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dismorphiinae
Schatz, 1887
Mimic-Whites | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 21
49 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Pieridae (Duponchel 1835) |
Links, sources and further information
|
