Pieridae
The Pieridae are a lairge faimily o butterflees wi aboot 76 genera containin approximately 1,100 species, maistly frae tropical Africae an Asie.[1] Maist pierid butterflees are white, yellae or orange in coloration, eften wi black spots. The pigments that gie the distinct colourin tae thir butterflees are derived frae waste products in the body an are a characteristic o this faimily.[2]
| Pieridae | |
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| Common jezebel, Delias eucharis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Cless: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfaimily: | Papilionoidea |
| Faimily: | Pieridae Swainson, 1820 |
| Subfaimilies | |
| Diversity | |
| 76 genera 1,051 species | |
It is believed that the name "butterfly" oreeginated frae a member o this faimily — the Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni — which wis cried the "butter-coloured fly" bi early Breetish naituralists.[2]
The sexes uisually differ, eften in the pattern or nummer o the black markins.
The larvae (caterpillars) o a few o thir species, sic as Pieris brassicae an Pieris rapae, commonly seen in gardens, feed on brassicas, an are notorious agricultural pests.
Males o mony species exhibit gregarious mud-puddlin behaviour when thay mey imbibe salts frae moist soils.[1]
Some popular species
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- Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni
- Californie Dogface, Zerene eurydice
- Catalina Orangetip, Anthocharis cethura catalina
- Cloudless Sulphur, Phoebis sennae
- Clouded Yellae, Colias croceus
- Orange Tip, Anthocharis cardamines
- Psyche butterflee, Leptosia nina
References
eeditFurther Readin
eedit- Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001)
- James, David G. an Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011)
- Pyle, Robert Michael The Butterflies of Cascadia (2002)
Freemit airtins
eedit- TOL Archived 2020-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- GloBIS Database Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine Includes teep images
- Pteron In Japanese but binomial names 3 pages o images. Tip Next page.
- Holarctic Pieridae Archived 2007-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Faimily Pieridae Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine at Lepidoptera.pro
- Pontia protodice, checkered white on the UF / IFAS Featurt Creaturs Wab steid
- BHL Brigs Catalogue o the Papilionidae an Pieridae.
- Butterflees an Mochs o North Americae
- Butterflees o Americae