Checklist for Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (Brimstones)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 527
6198
14500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 524
6193
14493 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 502
6089
14260 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 316
4628
11471 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 67
1719
4069 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 67
1717
4067 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 66
1715
4064 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 25
1028
2345 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 21
897
2062 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
205
486 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs | 25
62 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sri Lanka
25 Genera with 62 Species #ABCDEHILMPST
| Anaphaeis Hübner, 1872 | Pioneers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anapheis Talbot, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aporia Hübner, 1831 | Blackveins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1884 | Albatrosses | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Ascia Scopoli, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1894 | Caper Whites | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Calais Laporte de C..., 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catasticta Butler, 1874 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1763 | Emigrants | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1775 | Gulls | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1819 | Clouded yellows | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1775 | Arabs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Delias Hübner, 1758 | Jezebels | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Elodina C. Felder & ..., 1852 | Pearl-whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eronia Hübner, 0 | Vagrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1910 | Grass yellow | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Hebomoia Hübner, 1907 | Great orange tip | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ixias Hübner, 1881 | Indian Orange Tips | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leptophobia Butler, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melete Swainson, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pareronia Bingham, 1776 | Wanderers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1836 | Fetterbush | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Prioneris Wallace, 1865 | Sawtooths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saletara Butler, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Terias Hübner, 1798 | Grass yellow | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sri Lanka
62 Species and 41 Subspecies | Anaphaeis aurota (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | | Anaphaeis taprobana Moore, 1872 | | | Anapheis aurota | | | Aporia agathon Gray, 1831 | Great Blackvein | | Appias (Appias) indra Moore, 1857 | Plain Puffin | | Appias indra narendra | Plain puffin | | Appias (Appias) libythea Fabricius, 1775 | Striped Albatross | | Appias libythea libythea | Western striped albatross | | Appias (Appias) lyncida Cramer, 1777 | Chocolate Albatross | | Appias lyncida taprobana | Chocolate albatross | | Appias (Catophaga) albina Boisduval, 1836 | Common Albatross | | Appias albina albina Boisduval, 1836 | White Albatross | | Appias albina norma Evans, 1924 | | | Appias albina semiflava Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Appias albina swinhoei Moore, 1905 | | | Appias albina venusta | Common albatross | | Appias (Catophaga) galene C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Ceylon Lesser Albatross | | Appias galene venusta Moore, 1881 | | | Appias (Catophaga) paulina Cramer, 1777 | Albatross Butterfly | | Appias paulina fasciata Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862 | | | Appias paulina galene Felder, 1865 | Ceylon lesser albatross | | Appias paulina lankapura Moore, 1879 | | | Appias paulina paulina | | | Appias paulina venusta Moore, 1881 | | | Appias (Catophaga) wardii Moore, 1884 | Lesser Albatross | | Ascia monuste hemithea (C. Geyer, 1832) | ⇒ Ascia monuste virginia Godart, 1819 | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | Belenois crawshayi Butler, 1894 | Crawshay's Caper White | | Calais speciosus Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Catasticta philoscia philoscia C. Felder & ..., 1861 | | | Catasticta pieris pieris Hopffer, 1874 | | | Catopsilia crocale (Cramer, 1775) | ⇒ Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775 | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775 | Cassia butterfly | | Catopsilia pomona pomona Fabricius, 1775 | Common | | Catopsilia pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common migrant | | Catopsilia pyranthe minna | Mottled emigrant | | Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758 | Mottled Emigrant | | Catopsilia scylla Linnaeus, 1763 | Orange Emigrant | | Cepora iudith hespera Butler, 1899 | | | Cepora nadina Lucas, 1852 | Lesser Gull | | Cepora nadina cingala Moore, 1905 | Lesser gull | | Cepora nerissa Fabricius, 1775 | Common Gull | | Cepora nerissa evagete Cramer, 1775 | Common gull | | Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852 | Alfalfa Butterfly | | Colias heos Herbst, 1792 | | | Colias philodice Godart, 1819 | Cloud Sulphur | | Colotis (Colotis) amata Fabricius, 1775 | Small Salmon Arab | | Colotis amata modesta Butler, 1876 | Small salmon Arab | | Colotis (Colotis) aurigineus Butler, 1883 | African Golden | | Colotis (Colotis) aurora (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Colotis aurigineus Butler, 1883 | | Colotis (Colotis) danae Fabricius, 1775 | Crimson Tip | | Colotis danae danae | Crimson-tip | | Colotis (Colotis) fausta Olivier, 1804 | Large Salmon Arab | | Colotis fausta fulva | Large salmon Arab | | Colotis etrida Boisduval, 1836 | Little | | Colotis etrida limbatus | Small orange-tip | | Colotis eucharis Fabricius, 1775 | Plain Orange Tip | | Delias eucharis Drury, 1773 | Common Jezebekl | | Delias hyparete Linnaeus, 1758 | Painted Jezebel | | Elodina angulipennis Lucas, 1852 | Common Pearl White | | Eronia spiculifera | | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema hecabe simulata | Common grass yellow | | Eurema andersoni Moore, 1886 | One-spot Grass Yellow | | Eurema andersonii Moore, 1886 | Anderson’s Grass Yellow | | Eurema andersonii ormistoni | One-spot grass yellow | | Eurema blanda Boisduval, 1836 | Papuan Grass-yellow | | Eurema blanda blanda Wallace, 1867 | | | Eurema blanda silhetana Wallace, 1867 | Three-spot grass yellow | | Eurema brigitta Stoll, 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema brigitta rubella Wallace, 1867 | Small Grass Yellow | | Eurema laeta Boisduval, 1836 | Line grass yellow | | Eurema laeta laeta | Spotless grass yellow | | Eurema ormistoni Watkins, 1925 | Ceylon Grass Yellow | | Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Hebomoia glaucippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Great Orange Tip | | Hebomoia glaucippe ceylonica Fruhstorfer, 1907 | Great orange-tip | | Ixias marianne Cramer, 1779 | White orange tip | | Ixias pyrene Linnaeus, 1764 | Yellow Orange Tip | | Ixias pyrene cingalensis Moore, 1881 | Yellow orange tip | | Leptophobia eleusis eleusis (Lucas, 1852) | ⇒ Leptophobia eleusis mollitica Fruhstorfer, 1908 | | Melete lycimnia pantoporia (Hübner, 1835) | ⇒ Melete lycimnia flippantha Fabricius, 1793 | | Pareronia ceylanica C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Dark Wanderer | | Pareronia ceylanica ceylanica | Dark wanderer | | Pareronia fraterna | | | Pareronia valeria Cramer, 1776 | Common Wanderer | | Pieris neombo (Boisduval, 1836) | ⇒ Appias paulina Cramer, 1777 | | Pieris oleracea (Harris, T, 1829) | ⇒ Pieris napi Linnaeus, 1758 | | Pieris pallene (Hewitson, 1853) | ⇒ Elodina angulipennis Lucas, 1852 | | Pieris phryxe (Boisduval, 1836) | ⇒ Aporia agathon Gray, 1831 | | Prioneris sita C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Painted Sawtooth | | Saletara panda (Godart, 1819) | ⇒ Saletara liberia Cramer, 1779 | | Terias brigitta libythea Fabricius, 1798 | |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Sri Lanka | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 4
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 18
41 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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