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Narrative
North American Whites (Nearctic Pierini) are generally white colored butterflies with some black spots. The most common species, Pieris rapae, is an introduced species from the Old World. Pieris rapae is a well-known crop pest. It is generally quite common in the eastern United States. The native Pieris virginiensis is a comparatively rare species. There are several other species in this genus including P. napi and P. protodice that are found in the United States and Canada. The genera Anthocaris and Euchloe also belong in this subfamily.
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Lepidoptera
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Butterflies And Moths
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Family
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Pieridae
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Whites And Sulphurs
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SubFamily
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Pierini - Nearctic
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Whites - North
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References
| Title | Author | Comments |
| Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part II | D'Abrera, Bernard | Bernard D'Abrera has spent his life photographing, studying, and writing about the collections at the British Museum. His superb works on butterflies contain all species portrayed life size, with many females, and many subspecies pictured. The butterfly scientist will find these books of great value. This volume covers Nymphalidae, Satyridae, and Amathusidae of the oriental region. |
| Butterfiles of the Afrotropical Region | D'Abrera, Bernard | Bernard D'Abrera has spent his life photographing, studying, and writing about the collections at the British Museum. His superb works on butterflies contain all species portrayed life size, with many females; many subspecies pictured. The butterfly scientist will find these books of great value. This large volume covers all families of African butterflies. |
| Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I | D'Abrera, Bernard | Bernard D'Abrera has spent his life photographing, studying, and writing about the collections at the British Museum. His superb works on butterflies contain all species portrayed life size, with many females, and many subspecies pictured. The butterfly scientist will find these books of great value. This volume covers the Papilionidae, Pieridae, and Danaidae of the oriental region. |
| The Butterflies of North America | Howe, William H. | This giant book has 97 color plates figuring 2093 specimens of North American butterflies. The 633 pages contain very detailed information on all species and subspecies of butterflies found in North America. |
| The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula | Corbert, A. Steven | This excellent and detailed book with over 550 pages covers in detail the butterflies of Malaysia. Some of the species are pictured in color, but most are pictured in black and white. |
| The Butterfly Book | Holland W.J. | For many years this work was the standard reference for the butterflies of North America. The 77 color plates picture most of the known species of butterflies. |
| Butterflies of the Australian Region | D'Abrera, Bernard | This book is the work that earned Mr. D'Abrera his fame as the worlds premier author on butterfly books. Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands are covered in this work. All specimens are pictured life size. The color photography and color printing have set a standard that is difficult to equal. |
| International Butterfly Book | Smart, Paul | This book has had numerous printings and various titles including some including words such as butterfly encyclopedia. The accuracy of the book is superb, and the color photogrphs showing about 2,000 different species are excellent. This is a must have for the beginning student of world wide butterflies. With the exception of the D'Abrera books which are more complete, this work is the best book we have seen. |
| Eastern Moths | Covell, Charles V., Jr. | This excellent book covers the moths of the eastern United States and Canada. Most species are pictured with color photographs, but some of the smaller species are shown with black and white photographs. 650 are shown in color and 650 are shown in black and white to total about 1,300 species covered. |
| Butterflies of Africa | Williams, John G. | 436 species are described and 283 are illustrated in color. Although not all of the butterfly species found in Africa are shown, this guide covers most of the larger and more colorful species. |
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