Checklist of Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (And Sulphurs)
for Transvaal (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 377
3064
5702 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 377
3064
5702 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 354
2978
5577 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 226
2328
4540 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 60
776
1411 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 60
775
1410 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 59
772
1400 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 22
382
668 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 19
336
600 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 6
120
234 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs | 18
42 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Transvaal
18 Genera with 42 Species | Appias Hübner, 1865 | Albatrosses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1889 | Caper Whites | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Calais Laporte de C..., 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1775 | Emigrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1763 | Clouded yellows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1819 | Arabs | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Dismorphia Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dixeia Talbot, 1836 | Small Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eronia Hübner, 1847 | Vagrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1910 | Grass yellow | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ixias Hübner, 1889 | Indian Orange Tips | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptophobia Butler, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mylothris Hübner, 1865 | Dotted Borders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nepheronia Butler, 1836 | Vagrants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Phoebis Hübner, 1819 | Sulphurs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieriballia Klots, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1764 | Checkered Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Teracolus Hübner, 1823 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Transvaal
42 Species and 6 Subspecies | Appias (Glutophrissa) sabina C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Albatross White | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | Belenois creona Cramer, 1776 | African Caper | | Belenois gidica Godart, 1819 | African Veined White | | Belenois theuszi Dewitz, 1889 | Central Caper White | | Calais parallelus Candeze, 1896 | | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Colias electo Linnaeus, 1763 | African Clouded Yellow | | Colotis (Colotis) amata Fabricius, 1775 | Small Salmon Arab | | Colotis (Colotis) antevippe Boisduval, 1836 | Large Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) aurigineus Butler, 1883 | African Golden | | Colotis (Colotis) auxo Lucas, 1852 | Sulphur Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) celimene Lucas, 1852 | Lilac Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) danae Fabricius, 1775 | Crimson Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) erone Angas, 1849 | Coast Purple Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) euippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Round Winged Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) evagore Klug, 1829 | Desert Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) evenina Wallengren, 1857 | African Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) pallene Hopffer, 1855 | Bushveld Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) regina Trimen, 1863 | Large Violet Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) vesta Lucas, 1852 | Veined Golden Arab | | Colotis (Cuneacolotis) agoye Wallengren, 1857 | Speckled Sulfur Tip | | Colotis (Teracolus) eris Klug, 1829 | Banded Gold Tip | | Colotis (Teracolus) subfasciatus Swainson, 1833 | Lemon Tip | | Colotis evippe Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Colotis ione Godart, 1819 | Bushveld Purple Tip | | Dismorphia eunoe euryope (P.H. Lucas, 1852) | ⇒ Dismorphia eunoe eunoe E. Doubleday, 1844 | | Dixeia pigea Boisduval, 1836 | Ant-heap Small White | | Eronia leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn Leaf Vagrant | | Eurema (Terias) hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Grass Yellow | | Eurema desjardinsii Boisduval, 1833 | Angled Grass Yellow | | Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Ixias marianne nola Swinhoe, 1889 | | | Leptophobia eucosma eucosma Erschoff, 1875 | | | Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris rueppellii Koch, 1865 | Rüppel´s Dotted Border | | Nepheronia buquetii Boisduval, 1836 | Buquet's Vagrant | | Nepheronia thalassina Boisduval, 1836 | Blue Vagrant | | Phoebis argante cypris (Hubner, 1819) | ⇒ Phoebis argante argante Fabricius, 1775 | | Pieriballia viardi locusta (C. & R. Felder, 1861) | ⇒ Pieriballia viardi rubecula Fruhstorfer, 1907 | | Pontia helice Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Meadow White | | Teracolus subfasciatus (Swainson, 1823) | ⇒ Colotis subfasciatus Swainson, 1833 |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Transvaal | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 4
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dismorphiinae
Schatz, 1887
Mimic-Whites | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 12
34 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
 | | Pieridae (Duponchel 1835) |
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