Pieris

Belongs within: Pieridae.

Pieris, the whites, is a genus of butterflies with caterpillars feeding on Brassicaceae. Some species of this genus have become cosmopolitan pests on Brassica species.

<==Pieris Schrank 1801F55
    |--P. antsihanakaO90
    |--P. beckeriiGE05
    |--P. beliaR26
    |--P. brassicaeGE05
    |--P. bryoniae Ochsenheimer 1808B08
    |--P. callidiceOO90
    |--P. canidia Sparrman 1768F55
    |--P. cardamineR26
    |--P. cisseisF55
    |    |--P. c. cisseisF55
    |    `--P. c. reducta Mell 1938F55
    |--P. crataegiG20
    |--P. daplidiceF92
    |--P. euphenoR26
    |--P. formosana Wallace & Moore 1866WM66
    |--P. hippo [incl. P. eleonora]WM66
    |--P. napi (Linnaeus 1758)B08 [incl. P. napi var. napaeaeR13]
    |--P. phicomoneR26
    |--P. rapae (Linnaeus 1758)F55
    |--P. sinapisR26
    `--P. smithiiO90

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B08] Bálint, Z. 2008. Lepidoptera collections of historical importance in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 100: 17–35.

[F92] Fan Z. 1992. Key to the Common Flies of China 2^nd ed. Science Press: Beijing.

[F55] Franz, E. 1955. Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 16). Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36: 339–367.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.

[OO90] Oberthür, C., & R. Oberthür. 1890. Lépidoptères dans les Pyrénées-Orientales. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6^e série 9: cc–cciii.

[R13] Reuter, O. M. 1913. Lebensgewohnheiten und Instinkte der Insekten bis zum Erwachen der sozialen Instinkte. R. Friedländer & Sohn: Berlin.

[R26] Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l’Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes vol. 5. F.-G. Levrault: Paris.

[WM66] Wallace, A. R., & F. Moore. 1866. List of lepidopterous insects collected at Takow, Formosa, by Mr. R. Swinhoe. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 355–365.