Checklist of Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (And Sulphurs)
for Sikkim (Northeast India, India)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 191
1401
3163 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 191
1401
3163 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 183
1385
3145 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 145
1265
2959 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 29
436
845 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 29
436
845 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 28
435
844 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 18
354
709 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 17
350
702 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
190
466 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs | 16
39 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sikkim
16 Genera with 39 Species | Appias Hübner, 1879 | Albatrosses | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Artogeia Schrank, 1911 | Garden whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catasticta Butler, 1874 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1758 | Emigrants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1775 | Gulls | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1904 | Clouded yellows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Delias Hübner, 1910 | Jezebels | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Dercas Doubleday, 1839 | Sulphurs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1829 | Grass yellow | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gandaca Moore, 1829 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hebomoia Hübner, 1758 | Great orange tip | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ixias Hübner, 1764 | Indian Orange Tips | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melete Swainson, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pareronia Bingham, 1776 | Wanderers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1897 | Fetterbush | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Terias Hübner, 0 | Grass yellow | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sikkim
39 Species and 15 Subspecies | Appias (Appias) indra Moore, 1857 | Plain Puffin | | Appias lalage confluens Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Appias (Appias) lyncida Cramer, 1777 | Chocolate Albatross | | Appias albina confusa Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Appias (Catophaga) galba Wallace, 1867 | Indian orange albatross | | Appias pseudolalage Moore, 1879 | | | Artogeia erutae montana Verity, 1911 | | | Catasticta pieris pieris Hopffer, 1874 | | | Catasticta prioneris prioneris Hopffer, 1874 | | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775 | Cassia butterfly | | Catopsilia pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common migrant | | Cepora nadina Lucas, 1852 | Lesser Gull | | Cepora nadina nadina Lucas, 1852 | Lesser Gull | | Cepora nerissa Fabricius, 1775 | Common Gull | | Colias berylla Fawcett, 1904 | Everest Clouded Yellow | | Delias aglaia (Fruhstorfer, 1908) | ⇒ Delias pasithoe Linnaeus, 1767 | | Delias agostina Hewitson, 1852 | Yellow Jezebel | | Delias belladonna Fabricius, 1793 | Hill Jezebel | | Delias belladonna ithiella | | | Delias belladonna sanaca | | | Delias descombesi Boisduval, 1836 | Red-spot Jezebel | | Delias descombesi auriga | | | Delias descombesi leucacantha | Red-spot Jezebel | | Delias pasithoe Linnaeus, 1767 | Red-base Jezebel | | Delias sanaca Moore, 1857 | Pale Jezebel | | Delias sanaca oreas | Pale Jezebel | | Delias sanaca perspicua Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Dercas gobrias Hewitson, 1864 | Angled Sulfur | | Dercas lycorias Doubleday, 1842 | Plain Sulphur | | Dercas lycorias lycorias Doubleday, 1842 | | | Dercas menandrus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Dercas verhuelli van der Hoeven, 1839 | Tailed Sulphur | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema blanda Boisduval, 1836 | Papuan Grass-yellow | | Eurema sari Horsfield, 1829 | Chocolate Grass Yellow | | Gandaca harina Horsfield, 1829 | Tree Yellow | | Hebomoia glaucippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Great Orange Tip | | Ixias malumsinicum Thieme, 1897 | | | Ixias pyrene Linnaeus, 1764 | Yellow Orange Tip | | Melete lycimnia pantoporia (Hübner, 1835) | ⇒ Melete lycimnia flippantha Fabricius, 1793 | | Pareronia avatar Moore, 1858 | Narrow Wanderer | | Pareronia valeria Cramer, 1776 | Common Wanderer | | Pieris canidia Linnaeus, 1768 | Asian cabbage white | | Pieris chumbiensis de Nicéville, 1897 | Chumbi White | | Terias brigitta libythea Fabricius, 1798 | | | Terias jordani | |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Sikkim | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 6
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 10
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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