Pierina (butterfly)

Pierina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Pierini
Subtribe:	Pierina; Swainson, 1820

Pierina is a subtribe of cabbage whites, checkered whites, albatrosses in the family Pieridae. There are about 8 genera and 18 described species in Pierina.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subtribe Pierina.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ascia Scopoli, 1777
Ganyra Billberg, 1820
Glutophrissa Butler, 1887
Itaballia Kaye, 1904
Leptophobia Butler, 1870
Pieriballia Klots, 1933
Pieris Schrank, 1801
Pontia [Fabricius], 1807 (checkered whites)

References

^ ^a ^b "Pierina Subtribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
^ ^a ^b "Pierina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
^ ^a ^b "Pierina Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-03.

Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-665-04389-5.
Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ISSN 0066-8036. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
Opler, Paul A. (1992). A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-63279-X.
Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies. Vol. Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-79151-0.
Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40: 1–658. doi:10.5962/p.332201. ISSN 0022-4324.
Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.

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[bugref-1] "Pierina Subtribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-03.

[itis-2] "Pierina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-03.

[eol-3] "Pierina Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-03.

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Pierina (butterfly)

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