PIERINAE
(orange-tip and white butterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Anthocharini
orange-tip and dappled white butterflies
Tribe 1 subtaxa 43 images
Anthocharis
orange-tip butterflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 43 images
Pierini
white butterflies
Tribe 3 subtaxa 111 images
Pieris
whites
Pupa (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 111 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyPIERINAE (orange-tip and white butterflies)
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)

PIERINAE (orange-tip and white butterflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PIERINAE (orange-tip and white butterflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 24 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PIERINAE (orange-tip and white butterflies)
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