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Pierinae
Subfamily of butterflies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pierinae are a large subfamily of pierid butterflies. The subfamily is one of several clades of butterflies often referred to as the whites.
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It includes the following species (additional species can be found under the tribes listed in the adjacent box):
- Anthocharis belia – Morocco orange tip
- Anthocharis cethura – desert orangetip
- Anthocharis cethura catalina – Catalina orangetip
- Anthocharis damone – eastern orange tip
- Anthocharis euphenoides – Provence orange tip
- Anthocharis gruneri – Grüner's orange tip
- Anthocharis julia – southern Rocky Mountain orangetip
- Anthocharis lanceolata – gray marble
- Anthocharis limonea – Mexican orangetip
- Anthocharis midea – falcate orangetip
- Anthocharis sara – Sara's orangetip
- Anthocharis sara thoosa – southwestern orangetip
- Anthocharis scolymus – yellow tip
- Anthocharis stella – Stella orangetip
- Anthocharis stella browningi – Utah Stella orangetip
- Euchloe belemia – green-striped white
- Euchloe charlonia – greenish black-tip
- Euchloe crameri – western dappled white
- Euchloe olympia – Olympia marble
- Phoebis avellaneda – red-splashed sulphur
- Pieris angelika – Arctic white
- Pieris brassicae – large white
- Pieris marginalis – margined white
- Pieris marginalis reicheli – Reichel's margined white
- Pieris oleracea – mustard white
- Pieris oleracea frigida – Newfoundland white
- Pieris rapae – small white
- Pieris virginiensis – West Virginia white butterfly
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