Checklist for Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (Brimstones)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 754
15371
60267 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 750
15333
60124 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 715
15096
59373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 442
12146
51799 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 86
3780
15848 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 85
3774
15825 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 82
3756
15683 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 30
2174
9239 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 24
1968
8389 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 6
374
1452 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs | 40
141 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Genera for Southern Africa
40 Genera with 141 Species #ABCDEGHILMNPT
| Abaeis Hübner, 1779 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrodryas Stoneham, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anteos Hübner, 1775 | Angled Sulphurs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anthocharis Boisduval, R..., 1758 | Orangetips | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1775 | Albatrosses | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1836 | Caper Whites | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Calais Laporte de C..., 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Callosune Doubleday, 1847 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Catasticta Butler, 1939 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1866 | Emigrants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1805 | Gulls | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1819 | Clouded yellows | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1819 | Arabs | 43 | Species | Taxom | | Delias Hübner, 1955 | Jezebels | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dismorphia Hübner, 1874 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dixeia Talbot, 1884 | Small Whites | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Eronia Hübner, 1847 | Vagrants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euchloe Hübner, 1847 | Dappled whites | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1910 | Grass yellow | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Glutophrissa Hübner, 1775 | Albatrosses | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gonepteryx Leach, 1758 | Brimstones | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperocharis Felder, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ixias Hübner, 1889 | Indian Orange Tips | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptidea Billberg, 1946 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leptophobia Butler, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melete Swainson, 1835 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mylothris Hübner, 1819 | Dotted Borders | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Neophasia Behr, 1859 | Pine Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nepheronia Butler, 1904 | Vagrants | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pareronia Bingham, 1872 | Wanderers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pereute Herrich-Schä..., 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phoebis Hübner, 1819 | Sulphurs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phulia Herrich-Schä..., 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieriballia Klots, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1829 | Fetterbush | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopterix | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1819 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1764 | Checkered Whites | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Teracolus Hübner, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Terias Hübner, 1798 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Southern Africa
141 Species and 65 Subspecies | Abaeis nicippe Cramer, 1779 | Black Bordered Orange | | Afrodryas leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn-leaf Vagrant | | Anteos clorinde Godart, 1824 | Ghost Brimstone | | Anteos maerula Fabricius, 1775 | Angled Sulphur | | Anthocharis cardamines Linnaeus, 1758 | Orange Tip | | Appias celestina galepsus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Appias lyncida gellia Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862 | | | Appias (Catophaga) wardii Moore, 1884 | Lesser Albatross | | Appias (Glutophrissa) epaphia Cramer, 1779 | African Albatross | | Appias epaphia contracta Butler, 1888 | Diverse Albatross White | | Appias lasti natalensis Neustetter, 1927 | | | Appias (Glutophrissa) sabina C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Albatross White | | Appias sabina phoebe Butler, 1901 | Sabine Albatross White | | 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 helcida Boisduval, 1833 | | | Belenois ogygia Trimen, 1883 | | | Belenois theuszi Dewitz, 1889 | Central Caper White | | Belenois thysa Hopffer, 1855 | False Dotted Border | | Belenois thysa biton | | | Belenois zochalia Boisduval, 1836 | Forest Caper White | | Calais parallelus Candeze, 1896 | | | Catasticta philoscia philoscia C. Felder & ..., 1861 | | | Catasticta pieris pieris Hopffer, 1874 | | | Catasticta sisamnus argolis (J.K.M. Röber, 1924) | ⇒ Catasticta sisamnus telasco Lucas, 1852 | | Catasticta (Catasticta) smithia Brown, F & G..., 1939 | | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775 | Cassia butterfly | | Catopsilia scylla scylla | | | Catopsilia thauruma Reakirt, 1866 | Madagascar Migrant | | Cepora himiko Hanafusa, 1994 | | | Cepora iudith hespera Butler, 1899 | | | Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989 | | | Cepora perimale Donovan, 1805 | Australian gull | | Colias alexandra W.H. Edwards, 1863 | 'Harford's' Queen Alexandra's Sulphur | | Colias christina W. Edwards, 1863 | Christina Sulphur | | Colias electo Linnaeus, 1763 | African Clouded Yellow | | Colias electra (Lew., 1795) | ⇒ Colias electo Linnaeus, 1763 | | Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852 | Alfalfa Butterfly | | Colias gigantea Strecker, 1900 | Giant Northern Sulfur | | Colias harfordii H. Edwards, 1877 | Harford sulphur | | Colias hyale hyale (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Colias hyale Linnaeus, 1758 | | Colias interior Scudder, 1819 | Pelidne Sulphur | | Colias nastes moina Strecker, 1880 | Labrador Sulphur | | Colias philodice Godart, 1819 | Cloud Sulphur | | Colias philodice dorippe (J.B. Godart, 1819) | ⇒ Colias philodice philodice Godart, 1819 | | Colias philodice philodice Godart, 1819 | Clouded Sulphur | | Colotis (Colotis) amata Fabricius, 1775 | Small Salmon Arab | | Colotis amata calais Cramer, 1775 | | | Colotis amata williami Henning & He..., 1994 | | | Colotis (Colotis) antevippe Boisduval, 1836 | Large Orange Tip | | Colotis antevippe gavisa Wallengren, 1857 | Red Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) aurigineus Butler, 1883 | African Golden | | Colotis (Colotis) aurora (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Colotis aurigineus Butler, 1883 | | Colotis (Colotis) auxo Lucas, 1852 | Sulphur Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) celimene Lucas, 1852 | Lilac Tip | | Colotis celimene amina Hewitson, 1866 | Eastern 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) dissociatus Butler, 1897 | | | 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) eunoma Hopffer, 1855 | Three Spot Crimson 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 pleione nilus Talbot, 1942 | | | Colotis (Colotis) regina Trimen, 1863 | Large Violet Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) vesta Lucas, 1852 | Veined Golden Arab | | Colotis vesta argillaceus Butler, 1877 | | | 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 achine Stoll, 1781 | | | Colotis eucharis Fabricius, 1775 | Plain Orange Tip | | Colotis evippe Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Colotis hildebrandtii Staudinger, 1884 | Golden Tip | | Colotis ione Godart, 1819 | Bushveld Purple Tip | | Delias aganippe Donovan, 1805 | Red-spotted Jezebel | | Delias ennia nigidius Miskin, 1884 | Nigidius Jezabel | | Delias wollastoni bryophila Roepke, 1955 | | | Dismorphia eunoe euryope (P.H. Lucas, 1852) | ⇒ Dismorphia eunoe eunoe E. Doubleday, 1844 | | Dismorphia thermesina pimpla Hopffer, 1874 | | | Dixeia charina Boisduval, 1836 | African Small White | | Dixeia doxo Godart, 1819 | African Small White | | Dixeia doxo parva Talbot, 1943 | Black-veined Small White | | Dixeia parva Talbot, 1943 | | | Dixeia pigea Boisduval, 1836 | Ant-heap Small White | | Dixeia spilleri Spiller, 1884 | Spiller's Sulphur Small White | | Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823 | Vine Leaf Vagrant | | Eronia leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn Leaf Vagrant | | Euchloe ausonia crameria Robineau-Des..., 1830 | | | Euchloe (Euchloe) creusa Doubleday, 1847 | California Marble | | Eurema (Terias) floricola Boisduval, 1833 | Malagasy Grass Yellow | | 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 arbela arbela (Geyer, 1832) | ⇒ Eurema arbela deflorata Kollar, 1850 | | Eurema brigitta Stoll, 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema brigitta brigitta Stoll, , 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema desjardinsi (Boisduval, 1833) | ⇒ Eurema desjardinsii Boisduval, 1833 | | Eurema desjardinsii Boisduval, 1833 | Angled Grass Yellow | | Eurema desjardinsii marshalli Butler, 1898 | | | Eurema mandarinula Holland, W, 1892 | Mandarin Grass Yellow | | Eurema regularis Butler, 1876 | Even-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Glutophrissa epaphia Cramer, 1779 | African Albatross | | Glutophrissa sylvia Fabricius, 1775 | Albatross | | Gonepteryx rhamni Linnaeus, 1758 | Brimstone | | Hesperocharis nereina Hopffer, 1874 | Nereina White | | Ixias marianne nola Swinhoe, 1889 | | | Leptidea amurensis Ménétriés, 1859 | | | Leptidea amurensis vibilia Janson, 1878 | | | Leptidea juvernica Williams, 1946 | Cryptic Wood White | | Leptophobia eucosma eucosma Erschoff, 1875 | | | Melete lycimnia daulia (Fruhstorfer, 1907) | ⇒ Melete lycimnia petronia Fruhstorfer, 1907 | | Melete lycimnia pantoporia (Hübner, 1835) | ⇒ Melete lycimnia flippantha Fabricius, 1793 | | Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris chloris Fabricius, 1775 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris phileris Boisduval, 1833 | | | Mylothris poppea Cramer, 1777 | Poppea Dotted Border | | Mylothris rubricosta Mabille, 1890 | Eastern Swamp Dotted Border | | Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris rueppellii Koch, 1865 | Rüppel´s Dotted Border | | Mylothris rueppellii haemus Trimen, 1879 | Twin Dotted Border | | Mylothris sulphureotincta (Mabille, 1890) | ⇒ Mylothris rubricosta Mabille, 1890 | | Mylothris trimenia Butler, 1869 | Trimen's Dotted Border | | Mylothris xantholeuca (Hübner, 1819) | ⇒ Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | | Neophasia menapia C. & R. Felder, 1859 | Pine butterfly | | Nepheronia argia Fabricius, 1775 | Large Vagrant | | Nepheronia argia idotea Boisduval, 1836 | | | Nepheronia argia varia Trimen, 1864 | Southern Large Vagrant | | Nepheronia argia variegata Henning, 1994 | Transvaal Large Vagrant | | 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 | | Phoebis argante cypris (Hubner, 1819) | ⇒ Phoebis argante argante Fabricius, 1775 | | Phulia nymphula nymphula Blanchard, 1852 | | | Pieriballia viardi locusta (C. & R. Felder, 1861) | ⇒ Pieriballia viardi rubecula Fruhstorfer, 1907 | | Pieris (Artogeia) napi Linnaeus, 1758 | 'Margined' Mustard White | | Pieris (Pieris) brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage Butterfly | | Pieris cyniphia Turati, 1924 | | | Pieris indica Evans, 1926 | | | Pieris marginalis (Scudder, 1861) | ⇒ Pieris napi Linnaeus, 1758 | | Pieris narina Verity, 1908 | | | Pieris oleracea (Harris, T, 1829) | ⇒ Pieris napi Linnaeus, 1758 | | Pinacopterix eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pinacopteryx eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia Godart, , 1819 | Zebra White | | Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Pontia edusa Fabricius, 1777 | | Pontia edusa Fabricius, 1777 | Bath White | | Pontia glauconome Klug, 1829 | Desert Bath White | | Pontia helice Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Meadow White | | Pontia helice helice Linnaeus, 1764 | | | Teracolus subfasciatus (Swainson, 1823) | ⇒ Colotis subfasciatus Swainson, 1833 | | Terias brigitta libythea Fabricius, 1798 | |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Southern Africa | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 8
32 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dismorphiinae
Schatz, 1887
Mimic-Whites | 2
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 27
103 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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