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Checklist for Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (Brimstones)
and region Tanganyika (Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
219
1008
1531
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
218
1007
1530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
208
974
1479
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
134
763
1211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
41
355
603
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
41
355
603
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
40
354
602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
18
268
478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
16
257
464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
5
61
167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs
7
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanganyika
7 Genera with 15 Species
Appias Hübner, 1862Albatrosses1SpeciesTaxom
Belenois Hübner, 1855Caper Whites3SpeciesTaxom
Calais Laporte de C..., 18992SpeciesTaxom
Colotis Hübner, 1897Arabs3SpeciesTaxom
Dixeia Talbot, 1884Small Whites2SpeciesTaxom
Ixias Hübner, 1889Indian Orange Tips1SpeciesTaxom
Mylothris Hübner, 0Dotted Borders4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanganyika
15 Species and 4 Subspecies
Appias paulina galathea Felder, 1862
Belenois calypso Drury, 1773Calypso Caper White
Belenois creona Cramer, 1776African Caper
Belenois thysa Hopffer, 1855False Dotted Border
Calais albidus
Calais angustus Schwarz, 1899
Colotis (Colotis) danae Fabricius, 1775Crimson Tip
Colotis (Colotis) evenina Wallengren, 1857African Orange Tip
Colotis ansorgei (Marshall, 1897)⇒ Colotis aurigineus Butler, 1883
Dixeia alberta Grünberg, 1911
Dixeia spilleri Spiller, 1884Spiller's Sulphur Small White
Ixias marianne nola Swinhoe, 1889
Mylothris rueppelii rhodesiana
Mylothris rueppellii Koch, 1865Rüppel´s Dotted Border
Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897Fragile Dotted Border
Mylothris yulei ertli

Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Tanganyika
SubfamilyPierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites
6
13
Genera
Species

Taxom



Pieridae (Duponchel 1835)
Pieridae (Duponchel 1835)


Links, sources and further information
Pieridae at artfakta.se
Pieridae at de.wikipedia.org
Pieridae at dyntaxa.se
Pieridae at gbif.org
Pieridae at irmng.org
Pieridae at itis.gov