Checklist of Family Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 (And Sulphurs)
for Zimbabwe (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 480
6542
17532 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 478
6538
17527 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 462
6445
17300 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 302
5519
15626 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 67
1983
5266 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 67
1981
5263 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 65
1975
5248 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 25
1244
3625 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 20
1163
3452 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 6
214
740 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs | 21
70 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Zimbabwe
21 Genera with 70 Species
| Afrodryas Stoneham, 1847 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Appias Hübner, 1901 | Albatrosses | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Belenois Hübner, 1836 | Caper Whites | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Calais Laporte de C..., 2007 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Catopsilia Hübner, 1775 | Emigrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1899 | Gulls | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1763 | Clouded yellows | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colotis Hübner, 1819 | Arabs | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Dixeia Talbot, 1884 | Small Whites | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Eronia Hübner, 1847 | Vagrants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurema Hübner, 1910 | Grass yellow | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Glutophrissa Hübner, 1779 | Albatrosses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mylothris Hübner, 1897 | Dotted Borders | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Nepheronia Butler, 1904 | Vagrants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pareronia Bingham, 1872 | Wanderers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieriballia Klots, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1758 | Fetterbush | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopterix | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pontia Fabricius, 1764 | Checkered Whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Teracolus Hübner, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zimbabwe
70 Species and 30 Subspecies | Afrodryas leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn-leaf Vagrant | | Appias (Glutophrissa) epaphia Cramer, 1779 | African Albatross | | Appias epaphia contracta Butler, 1888 | Diverse Albatross White | | Appias (Glutophrissa) sabina C. & R. Felder, 1865 | Albatross White | | Appias sabina phoebe Butler, 1901 | Sabine Albatross White | | Belenois aurota Fabricius, 1793 | African Caper White | | 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 rubrosignata Weymer, 1901 | Red-edged White | | Belenois thysa Hopffer, 1855 | False Dotted Border | | Belenois thysa biton | | | Belenois zochalia Boisduval, 1836 | Forest Caper White | | Calais excavatus Fabricius, 1801 | | | Calais parallelus Candeze, 1896 | | | Calais proximus Girard, 2007 | | | Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775 | African Emigrant | | Cepora iudith hespera Butler, 1899 | | | Colias electo Linnaeus, 1763 | African Clouded Yellow | | Colotis (Colotis) amata Fabricius, 1775 | Small Salmon Arab | | Colotis amata calais Cramer, 1775 | | | Colotis (Colotis) antevippe Boisduval, 1836 | Large Orange Tip | | Colotis antevippe gavisa Wallengren, 1857 | Red Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) aurigineus Butler, 1883 | African Golden | | Colotis (Colotis) auxo Lucas, 1852 | Sulphur Orange Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) celimene Lucas, 1852 | Lilac Tip | | Colotis celimene amina Hewitson, 1866 | Eastern Lilac Tip | | Colotis (Colotis) danae Fabricius, 1775 | Crimson Tip | | Colotis danae annae Wallengren, 1857 | | | Colotis (Colotis) dissociatus Butler, 1897 | | | Colotis (Colotis) euippe Linnaeus, 1758 | Round Winged Orange Tip | | Colotis euippe mediata Talbot, 1939 | | | Colotis euippe omphale Godart, 1819 | Smoky Orange 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 casta Gerstaecker, 1871 | | | Colotis evenina evenina Wallengren, 1857 | | | Colotis evenina sipylus Swinhoe, 1884 | | | Colotis (Colotis) lais Butler, 1876 | Kalahari 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 vesta argillaceus Butler, 1877 | | | Colotis vesta mutans Butler, 1877 | | | Colotis (Cuneacolotis) agoye Wallengren, 1857 | Speckled Sulfur Tip | | Colotis (Teracolus) eris Klug, 1829 | Banded Gold Tip | | Colotis (Teracolus) subfasciatus Swainson, 1833 | Lemon Tip | | Colotis ione Godart, 1819 | Bushveld Purple Tip | | Dixeia capricornus Christopher ..., 1871 | Capricorn White | | Dixeia doxo Godart, 1819 | African Small White | | Dixeia doxo parva Talbot, 1943 | Black-veined Small White | | Dixeia leucophanes Vári, 1976 | Spotless Ant-Heap White | | Dixeia pigea Boisduval, 1836 | Ant-heap Small White | | Dixeia spilleri Spiller, 1884 | Spiller's Sulphur Small White | | Eronia leda Boisduval, 1847 | Autumn Leaf Vagrant | | 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 brigitta Stoll, 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema brigitta brigitta Stoll, , 1780 | Broad-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema desjardinsii Boisduval, 1833 | Angled Grass Yellow | | Eurema desjardinsii marshalli Butler, 1898 | | | Eurema regularis Butler, 1876 | Even-bordered Grass Yellow | | Eurema sari thyreus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Glutophrissa epaphia Cramer, 1779 | African Albatross | | Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris carcassoni Van Son, 1948 | Carcasson´s dotted border | | Mylothris chloris Fabricius, 1775 | Common Dotted Border | | Mylothris crawshayi Butler, 1896 | | | Mylothris dolhuani | | | Mylothris latimargo (Butler, 1897) | ⇒ Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897 | | Mylothris rubricosta Mabille, 1890 | Eastern Swamp Dotted Border | | Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944 | | | Mylothris rueppelii rhodesiana | | | Mylothris rueppellii Koch, 1865 | Rüppel´s Dotted Border | | Mylothris rueppellii haemus Trimen, 1879 | Twin Dotted Border | | Mylothris sagala Grose-Smith, 1886 | Dusky Dotted Border | | Mylothris sagala umtaliana d’Abrera, 1980 | | | Mylothris sulphureotincta (Mabille, 1890) | ⇒ Mylothris rubricosta Mabille, 1890 | | Mylothris trimenia Butler, 1869 | Trimen's Dotted Border | | Mylothris xantholeuca (Hübner, 1819) | ⇒ Mylothris agathina Hübner, 1819 | | Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897 | Fragile Dotted Border | | Nepheronia argia Fabricius, 1775 | Large Vagrant | | Nepheronia argia mhondana Suffert, 1904 | | | 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 | | | Pieriballia viardi locusta (C. & R. Felder, 1861) | ⇒ Pieriballia viardi rubecula Fruhstorfer, 1907 | | Pieris (Artogeia) rapae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage butterfly | | Pinacopterix eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pinacopteryx eriphia Godart, 1819 | Zebra White | | Pontia helice Linnaeus, 1764 | Common Meadow White |
Subnodes of Pieridae with occurrences in Zimbabwe | Subfamily | Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Yellows | 3
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, White tip butterflies, Whites | 16
57 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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