Pieridae genera

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Colias is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are often called clouded yellows in the Palearctic and sulphurs (a name also used for other coliadine genera) in North America. The closest living relative is the genus Zerene, which is sometimes included in Colias.

Gonepteryx is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae; there are about 15 species of Gonepteryx. They live in Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. They are commonly known as brimstones for the bright yellow colour of the wings of most species. These share the same name as the much larger tropical genus Anteos. These inhabit much of central and South America and also North America. This species are known for being the kings of butterfly longevity. 10–13 months is the lifespan for many temperate species. Anteos, however, is much shorter lived. The adults will often mimic ivy leaves at rest.

Anthocharis is a holarctic genus of the butterfly tribe Anthocharini, in the family Pieridae. These are typically small, white-hued butterflies that have colorful marks just inside the tips of the forewings. The tip colors are usually a red-orange hue, hence the name "orange tip". The larvae of these butterfly often consume cruciferous plants containing chemicals called glucosinolates. This genus is characterized by two of the five subcostal veins branching off before the apex of the cell, by the upper radial being only little united with the subcostal, and by the central discocellular being r

Delias is a genus of butterflies. There are about 250 species of the genus Delias, found in South Asia and Australia.They are remarkable for the gay-coloured under surfaces of very many species which often show an altogether ideally beautiful arrangement of intensively coloured bands and spots, more gorgeous than are found either in America or in Africa. The Delias are a characteristic feature of the IndoAustralian fauna. They enliven the woods and their borders, as Appias and Catopsilia predominate at the river-banks, fly often round the tops of the forest-trees, are fond of resting on leav

thumb|E. xantochlora xantochlora - tropical yellow, Colombia thumb|E. elathea elathea - false barred sulphur, Grand Cayman thumb|E. brigitta - small grass yellow thumb|E. hecabe - common grass yellow thumb|E. venusta - grass yellow, Brazil

Dismorphia is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae.

thumb|African veined white (Belenois gidica|B. gidica, [[Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania]] Belenois, commonly called the caper whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found in mainly in Africa and south-west Asia.

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Leptidea is a genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia.

thumb|right|Scarlet tip (Colotis danae|C. danae) [[Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania]] thumb|right|Small orange-tip (Colotis etrida|C. etrida) in [[Narsapur, Medak district, India]] thumb|right|Veined tip (Colotis vesta|C. vesta) Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

Catopsilia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae, commonly called migrants or emigrants.

Enantia is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. They are native to the Americas.

Anteos is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae, commonly called angled-sulphurs.

Lieinix is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. It is native to the Americas.

Aphrissa is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in Central and South America.

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Patia is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. They are native to the Americas.

Cepora is a genus of butterflies, commonly called gulls, in the family Pieridae. The genus contains about 20 species shared between the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.

Pontia is a genus of pierid butterflies. They are found in the Holarctic, but are rare in Europe and central to eastern North America, and a few species range into the Afrotropics. Several East Asian species once placed here are now more often split off in Sinopieris. Like the closely related genus Pieris, they are commonly called whites.

Kricogonia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.

Euchloe is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini). They are Holarctic in distribution, with most species in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually called marbles; the Old World species are known as dappled whites.

Elodina is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It is the only genus of the tribe Elodinini. It contains about 30 species.

Neophasia is a genus of pierid butterflies found in North America.

Dercas is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in southeast Asia.

Zerene is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae commonly called dogfaces. The closest living relative is the genus Colias. They are migratory.

Phoebis, or sulphurs, is a genus of butterflies, belonging to the subfamily Coliadinae of the "whites" or family Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.

Hebomoia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. There are two widespread, strong-flying southeast Asian species that are among the largest pierids.

Hesperocharis is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.

Leodonta is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Nathalis is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are found in North America, Central America, and northern South America.

Pseudopieris is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. They are native to the Americas.

Leucidia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are native to the South America.

Pareronia is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae within the family Pieridae. The species are found in Southeast Asia and are mimics of the Danainae genus Parantica.

Perrhybris is a neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

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Charonias is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Nepheronia, commonly called vagrants, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae endemic to Africa. For other vagrants, see the genus Eronia.

Ixias is a genus of pierid butterflies ranging from the Arabian Peninsula to the Philippines, mostly in the Indomalayan realm.

Mylothris, commonly called dotted borders, is a genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa.

Dixeia, commonly called the small whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found mainly in Africa.

Catasticta is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1870.

Leptosia, commonly called wood whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies. It is the only genus of the tribe Leptosiaini. Leptosia are found in Africa, except for Leptosia nina, which ranges from India to Australia, and Leptosia lignea, which is found only on Sulawesi. All have a frail appearance and broad rounded wings. They are only distantly related to the Palearctic wood whites Leptidea (Dismorphiinae).

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Eronia, commonly called vagrants, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae found mainly in Africa. For other butterflies called "vagrants" see genus Nepheronia.

Gandaca is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Leptophobia is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Ascia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Ascia monuste, commonly known as the great southern white, In this species the sexes may differ with the female being either light or dark colored. It is found from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, and south to Argentina. It is migratory along the south-eastern coast of the United States, with strays to Maryland, Kansas, and Colorado.

Piercolias is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The name Piercolias was introduced by Augustus Radcliffe Grote as a replacement for Trifurcula Staudinger, 1894, which is invalid under the Principle of Homonymy.

Pereute is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Saletara is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Itaballia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in Central and South America.

Prioneris is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in the Indomalayan realm.

Pseudopontia is a genus of butterflies found only in wet forests of tropical Africa. It is the only genus in the subfamily Pseudopontiinae. It was traditionally thought to contain only one species (monotypic), Pseudopontia paradoxa. However, a recent study showed there are at least five species of Pseudopontia which can be distinguished genetically and by details of wing veins. Each is found primarily in a different part of Africa, though several of the species have overlapping geographic distributions.

Hypsochila is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Pierphulia is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Ganyra is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Infraphulia is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

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