Checklist for Subtribe Pierina Duponchel, 1835
and region Melanesia (Oceania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 591
9292
32656 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 588
9284
32647 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 562
9130
32273 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 355
7129
27028 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 72
2157
6319 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 70
2154
6314 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 69
2152
6306 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 27
1436
4642 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 24
1294
4335 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 6
398
1828 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs | 44
293 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, Whites | 24
242 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Pierini
Swainson, 1820
Albatrosses, Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites | 17
231 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subtribe | Pierina
Duponchel, 1835
| 4
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Melanesia
4 Genera with 9 Species
Species list for Melanesia
9 Species and 7 Subspecies | Ascia monuste Linnaeus, 1764 | Cabbage White | | Ascia monuste automate Burmeister, 1868 | | | Ascia monuste hemithea (C. Geyer, 1832) | ⇒ Ascia monuste virginia Godart, 1819 | | Leptophobia aripa elodina Röber, 1908 | | | Leptophobia eleusis eleusis (Lucas, 1852) | ⇒ Leptophobia eleusis mollitica Fruhstorfer, 1908 | | Pieris (Artogeia) napi Linnaeus, 1758 | 'Margined' Mustard White | | Pieris (Artogeia) rapae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage butterfly | | Pieris frigida (Scudder, 1861) | ⇒ Pieris napi Linnaeus, 1758 | | Pieris marginalis (Scudder, 1861) | ⇒ Pieris napi Linnaeus, 1758 | | Pieris peristhene (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Belenois java Linnaeus, 1768 | | Pieris peristhene peristhene | | | Pieris peristhene rapae Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Pieris peristhene vitiensis (Fruhstorfer, 1902) | ⇒ Belenois java Linnaeus, 1768 | | Pontia protodice Boisduval & ..., 1830 | Checkered White |
Links, sources and further information Pierina at itis.gov
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