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Pontia
Sign in to savePontia 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.
Species
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Genus
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassCopepoda
- OrderCalanoida
- FamilyPontellidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 371
- With media
- 42
- Family
- Pieridae
- Collections
- UMNH, UCSB, UAM
- Recorded in
- United States
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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.
==Species== Listed alphabetically: Pontia beckerii (Edwards, 1871) – Becker's white, Great Basin white, or sagebrush white Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1799-1800) – peak white Pontia chloridice (Hübner, 1808-1813) – small Bath white Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) – Bath white Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886) – small meadow white Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777) - eastern Bath white Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) – desert (Bath) white Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764) – meadow white Pontia occidentalis (Reakirt, 1866) – western white Pontia protodice (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1830) – checkered white Pontia sisymbrii (Boisduval, 1852) – spring white, California white, or Colorado white
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