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Pieridae

Index Pieridae

The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America. [1]

57 relations: Afrotropical realm, Animal, Anthocharis cardamines, Anthocharis cethura catalina, Arthropod, Binomial nomenclature, Brassica, Brassicaceae, Butterfly, Capparaceae, Caterpillar, Coliadinae, Colias, Colias eurytheme, Colias philodice, Delias eucharis, Dismorphiinae, Ditrysia, Fabaceae, Family (biology), Genus, Gonepteryx, Gonepteryx rhamni, Indomalayan realm, Insect, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Larva, Lepidoptera, Leptosia nina, List of butterflies of Great Britain, List of butterflies of India (Pieridae), Loranthaceae, Madrone butterfly, Molecular phylogenetics, Mud-puddling, Neotropical realm, Nymphalidae, Papilionoidea, Pest (organism), Phoebis sennae, Pierinae, Pieris brassicae, Pieris rapae, Pseudopontia, Pseudopontia paradoxa, Pupa, Santalaceae, Sexual dimorphism, Species, Stuckey, South Carolina, ..., Subfamily, Swallowtail butterfly, Tarsus (skeleton), Thorax (insect anatomy), University of Florida, William John Swainson, Zerene eurydice. Expand index (7 more) »

Afrotropical realm

The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Anthocharis cardamines

Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains 1100 species of butterfly.

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Anthocharis cethura catalina

Anthocharis cethura catalina, the Catalina orangetip, is a subspecies of the desert orangetip butterfly that is found only on Santa Catalina Island off the California coast of the United States.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Binomial nomenclature

Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Brassica

Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family (Brassicaceae).

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Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae or Cruciferae is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family.

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Butterfly

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths.

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Capparaceae

The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales.

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Caterpillar

Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).

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Coliadinae

Coliadinae, the sulphurs or yellows, are a subfamily of butterflies with about 300 described species.

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Colias

Colias is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

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Colias eurytheme

Colias eurytheme, the orange sulphur, also known as the alfalfa butterfly and in its larval stage as the alfalfa caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of "clouded yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae.

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Colias philodice

Colias philodice, the common sulphur or clouded sulphur, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae.

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Delias eucharis

Delias eucharis, the common Jezebel, is a medium-sized pierid butterfly found in many areas of south and southeast Asia, especially in the non-arid regions of India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand.

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Dismorphiinae

Dismorphiinae, the mimic sulphurs, is a subfamily of butterflies from the family Pieridae.

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Ditrysia

The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of insects in the lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and moths.

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Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, Article 18.5 states: "The following names, of long usage, are treated as validly published:....Leguminosae (nom. alt.: Fabaceae; type: Faba Mill.);...

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gonepteryx

Gonepteryx is a genus of butterfly in the Pieridae family.

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Gonepteryx rhamni

Gonepteryx rhamni (known as the common brimstone) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.

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Indomalayan realm

The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an agriculture, life science, pathogen, and invasive species research facility in Florida affiliated with University of Florida.

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Larva

A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.

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Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).

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Leptosia nina

Leptosia nina, the psyche, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae (the sulphurs, yellows and whites) and is found in Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia and Australia.

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List of butterflies of Great Britain

This is a list of butterflies of Great Britain, including extinct, naturalised species and those of dubious origin.

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List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)

This is a list of the pierid butterflies of India.

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Loranthaceae

Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants.

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Madrone butterfly

Eucheira socialis, commonly known as the Madrone butterfly is a lepidopteran that belongs to the family Pieridae.

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Molecular phylogenetics

Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominately in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.

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Mud-puddling

Mud-puddling, or simply puddling, is a behaviour most conspicuous in butterflies, but occurs in other animals as well, mainly insects; they seek out certain moist substances such as rotting plant matter, mud and carrion and they suck up the fluid.

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Neotropical realm

The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

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Nymphalidae

The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world, belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea.

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Papilionoidea

The superfamily Papilionoidea (from the genus Papilio, meaning "butterfly") contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.

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Pest (organism)

A pest is a plant or animal detrimental to humans or human concerns including crops, livestock, and forestry.

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Phoebis sennae

Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur or cloudless giant sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the New World.

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Pierinae

The Pierinae are a large subfamily of pierid butterflies.

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Pieris brassicae

Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.

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Pieris rapae

Pieris rapae, the small white, is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae.

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Pseudopontia

Pseudopontia is a genus of butterflies found only in wet forests of tropical Africa.

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Pseudopontia paradoxa

Pseudopontia paradoxa is a species of butterfly found only in wet forests of tropical Africa.

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Pupa

A pupa (pūpa, "doll"; plural: pūpae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.

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Santalaceae

The Santalaceae, sandalwoods, are a widely distributed family of flowering plants (including small trees, shrubs, perennial herbs, and epiphytic climbersHewson & George,, 1984, pp. 191-194.) which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants.

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Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Stuckey, South Carolina

Stuckey is a town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States.

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Subfamily

In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.

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Swallowtail butterfly

Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species.

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Tarsus (skeleton)

The tarsus is a cluster of seven articulating bones in each foot situated between the lower end of tibia and fibula of the lower leg and the metatarsus.

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Thorax (insect anatomy)

The thorax is the midsection (tagma) of the insect body.

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University of Florida

The University of Florida (commonly referred to as Florida or UF) is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university on a campus in Gainesville, Florida.

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William John Swainson

William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist.

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Zerene eurydice

Zerene eurydice, the California dogface butterfly, is sometimes placed in the related genus as Colias eurydice.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieridae

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