Pierini (butterflies)

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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

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genus of moth in the family Pieridae

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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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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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.

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Saletara is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Mesapia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It contains only one species, Mesapia peloria, the Tibet blackvein, which is found in India, Nepal and China. It is a mid-sized to large species.

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thumb|T. Theodice Tatochila is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

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Archonias is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. Archonias brassolis, the cattleheart white, is its sole species. It is found from Central America, south through most of South America. thumb|left|A. b. tereas

Pieriballia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae erected by Alexander Barrett Klots in 1933. Its only species, Pieriballia viardi, the painted white or viardi white, was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and Paraguay. Strays can be found in southern Texas in the United States. The habitat consists of rainforests and transitional cloud forests.

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