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Family Pieridae - Whites And Sulphurs


Dismorphiinae New World
Sulphurs - New World

Coliadinae New World
Sulphurs - Old World

Coliadinae old World
Whites - North

Pierini - Nearctic
Whites - South America

Pierini - Neotropical
Whites - Eurasian

Pierini - palearctic
Whites - African

Pierini - Africa
Whites - Indo-australia

Pierini - Indo-Australia
Indo-Australia

Delias Group
Great Orange Tips And Related

Colotini (Pierinae)

Narrative

Pieridae family is usually broken into two groups of butterflies: the Yellows (Coliadinae) and the whites (Pierinae). The family is of worldwide distribution with about two thousand species in total. They are related to the swallowtails in that they have six normal legs.

Taxonomy

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Kingdom Animalia Animal
Phylum Arthropoda Jointed Legged Animals
Class Insecta Insects
Order Lepidoptera Butterflies And Moths
Family Pieridae Whites And Sulphurs
SubFamily

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