Pierini (butterflies)

For the surname, see Pierini (surname).

Pierini
File:Belenois aurota 00.jpg
Belenois aurota pausing during migration to sip nectar from Lantana camara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Subfamily:	Pierinae
Tribe:	Pierini Swainson, 1820
Genera
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Pierini is a tribe of butterflies within the family Pieridae.

Genera

Listed alphabetically:

• Aoa de Nicéville, 1898
• Aporia Hübner, [1819] – blackveins
• Appias Hübner, [1819] – puffins and albatrosses
• Archonias Hübner, 1825
• Ascia Scopoli, 1777
• Baltia Moore, 1878
• Belenois Hübner, [1819] – caper whites
• Catasticta Butler, 1870
• Cepora Billberg, 1820 – gulls
• Charonias Röber, [1908]
• Delias Hübner, [1819] – Jezebels
• Dixeia Talbot, 1932
• Eucheira Westwood, 1834
• Ganyra Billberg, 1820
• Glennia Klots, 1933
• Glutophrissa Butler, 1887
• Hypsochila Ureta, 1955
• Infraphulia Field, 1958
• Itaballia Kaye, 1904
• Ixias Hübner, [1819] – Indian orange tips
• Leodonta Butler, 1870
• Leptophobia Butler, 1870
• Leuciacria Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
• Melete Swainson, [1831]
• Mesapia Gray, 1856
• Mylothris Hübner, [1819] – dotted borders
• Neophasia Behr, 1869
• Pereute Herrich-Schäffer, 1867
• Perrhybris Hübner, [1819]
• Phrissura Butler, 1870
• Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867
• Piercolias Grote, 1903
• Pieriballia Klots, 1933
• Pieris Schrank, 1801 – whites
• Pierphulia Field, 1958
• Pinacopteryx Wallengren, 1857
• Pontia Fabricius, 1807
• Prioneris Wallace, 1867 – sawtooths
• Pseudomylothris Neustetter, 1929
• Reliquia Ackery, 1975
• Saletara Distant, 1885
• Sinopieris Huang, 1995
• Tatochila Butler, 1870
• Theochila Field, 1958