Genus Pieris

Classification · Numbers

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))

Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows)

Subfamily Pierinae (Whites)

Genus Pieris

Numbers

All Leps lists five species, including the introduced species P. rapae.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 9 April, 2004 - 5:08pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 17 October, 2009 - 11:22am

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