Checklist for Tribe Pierini Swainson, 1820 (Albatrosses)
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
| | Subfamily | Pierinae
Duponchel, 1835
And orangetips, Marbles, Marbles and Orangetips, Whites | 18
41 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Pierini
Swainson, 1820
Albatrosses, Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites | 13
27 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sri Lanka
13 Genera with 27 Species | 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 | | Catasticta Butler, 1874 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cepora Billberg, 1775 | Gulls | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Delias Hübner, 1758 | Jezebels | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Elodina C. Felder & ..., 1852 | Pearl-whites | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptophobia Butler, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melete Swainson, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1836 | Fetterbush | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Prioneris Wallace, 1865 | Sawtooths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saletara Butler, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sri Lanka
27 Species and 23 Subspecies | 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 | | Catasticta philoscia philoscia C. Felder & ..., 1861 | | | Catasticta pieris pieris Hopffer, 1874 | | | 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 | | Delias eucharis Drury, 1773 | Common Jezebekl | | Delias hyparete Linnaeus, 1758 | Painted Jezebel | | Elodina angulipennis Lucas, 1852 | Common Pearl White | | Leptophobia eleusis eleusis (Lucas, 1852) | ⇒ Leptophobia eleusis mollitica Fruhstorfer, 1908 | | Melete lycimnia pantoporia (Hübner, 1835) | ⇒ Melete lycimnia flippantha Fabricius, 1793 | | 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 |
Subnodes of Pierini with occurrences in Sri Lanka
Links, sources and further information Pierini at artfakta.se
Pierini at dyntaxa.se
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