PIERIDAE
(white butterflies, brimstones, and orange-tips)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
COLIADINAE
brimstone and cleopatra butterflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 47 images 2 ident. refs
DISMORPHIINAE
wood white butterflies
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 3 images 2 ident. refs
Leptideini
wood white butterflies
Tribe 2 subtaxa 3 images 2 ident. refs
Leptidea
wood white butterflies
(Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 3 images 2 ident. refs
PIERINAE
orange-tip and white butterflies
Pupa (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 154 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPIERIDAE (white butterflies, brimstones, and orange-tips)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

PIERIDAE (white butterflies, brimstones, and orange-tips) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PIERIDAE (white butterflies, brimstones, and orange-tips)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 27 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PIERIDAE (white butterflies, brimstones, and orange-tips)
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