Taxonavigation

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus (6): Anthocharini – Elodinini – Leptosiaini – Nepheroniini – Pierini – Teracolini

Name

Pierinae Swainson, 1820.

References

• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 

• Liseki, S.D.; Vane-Wright, R.I. 2014: Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: family Pieridae, subfamily Pierinae. Journal of natural history, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.886343 Reference page. 

• van der Poorten, G.; van der Poorten, N. 2014: New and revised descriptions of the immature stages of some butterflies in Sri Lanka and their larval food plants (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Part 2: Subfamily Pierinae (in part). Tijdschrift voor entomologie 157(1): 1-25. DOI: 10.1163/22119434-00002036 Reference page. 

• Wahlberg, N., Rota, J., Braby, M.F., Pierce, N.E. & Wheat, C.W. 2014. Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data. Zoologica scripta 43(6): 641–650. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12075 . Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C., 2008: Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea.

Vernacular names

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