Art Shapiro's Butterfly Site
Monitoring butterfly populations across Central California for more than 35 years… Butterfly Listing by Latin Name (Family Pieridae)
Pieridae
Pierids are rather conspicuous white, yellow, or orange butterflies, with around 1000 species worldwide. They primarily feed on plants in the legume and crucifer families, although some odd groups, like our Neophasia menapia, feed on conifers. Some Pierids, especially Colias sulphurs and Pieris whites, have taught us much about species recognition (based on ultraviolet reflectance patterns) and seasonally-induced polymorphism and phenotypic plasticity.
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Anthocharis lanceolata Gray Marble, Boisduval's Marble |
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Anthocharis sara sara Sara Orange-Tip |
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Anthocharis sara thoosa Thoosa Orange-Tip |
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Anthocharis stella Stella Orange-Tip |
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Colias alexandra Queen Alexandra's Sulphur |
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Colias eurytheme Orange Sulphur, Alfalfa Butterfly |
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Colias philodice (eriphyle) Yellow Sulphur |
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Euchloe ausonides Large Marble |
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Euchloe hyantis "foothill" Small Marble |
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Euchloe hyantis hyantis Small Marble |
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Euchloe hyantis lotta East Slope Marble |
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Nathalis iole Dainty Sulphur |
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Neophasia menapia Pine White |
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Phoebis sennae Cloudless Sulphur |
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Pieris napi Gray-Veined White |
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Pieris rapae European Cabbage Butterfly, Imported Cabbageworm, Cabbage White |
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Pontia beckerii Becker's White |
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Pontia occidentalis Western White |
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Pontia protodice Checkered White |
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Pontia sisymbrii Spring White, California White |
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Zerene eurydice California Dog-Face |