Checklist of Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (And Sulphurs)
for Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 348
2667
4080 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 348
2667
4080 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 333
2610
3989 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 220
2112
3277 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 51
670
903 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 51
670
903 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 51
670
903 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 23
484
665 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 20
434
608 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 6
109
161 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs | 10
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Ryukyu Islands
10 Genera with 19 Species | Appias Hübner, 1862 | Albatrosses | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Catasticta Butler, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 0 | Emigrants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1891 | Gulls | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1758 | Clouded yellows | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1910 | Grass yellow | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hebomoia Hübner, 1758 | Great orange tip | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ixias Hübner, 1889 | Indian Orange Tips | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1768 | Fetterbush | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1764 | Checkered Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ryukyu Islands
19 Species and 7 Subspecies | Appias (Appias) lyncida Cramer, 1777 | Chocolate Albatross | | Appias (Catophaga) albina Boisduval, 1836 | Common Albatross | | Appias (Catophaga) paulina Cramer, 1777 | Albatross Butterfly | | Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862 | | | Catasticta pieris pieris Hopffer, 1874 | | | Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775 | Cassia butterfly | | Catopsilia pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common migrant | | Catopsilia scylla Linnaeus, 1763 | Orange Emigrant | | Catopsilia scylla scylla | | | Cepora julia Doherty, 1891 | | | Colias erate Esper, 1805 | Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow | | Colias hyale Linnaeus, 1758 | Pale Clouded Yellow | | Colias hyale hyale (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Colias hyale Linnaeus, 1758 | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema blanda Boisduval, 1836 | Papuan Grass-yellow | | Eurema laeta Boisduval, 1836 | Line grass yellow | | Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Hebomoia glaucippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Great Orange Tip | | Ixias marianne nola Swinhoe, 1889 | | | Pieris (Artogeia) rapae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage butterfly | | Pieris canidia Linnaeus, 1768 | Asian cabbage white | | Pontia helice helice Linnaeus, 1764 | |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Ryukyu Islands | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 3
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 7
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Pieridae (Duponchel 1835) |
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