Pieris Schrank, 1801
(whites)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Pieris brassicae
Large White Butterfly
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 		Species 75 images
Pieris napi
Green-veined White Butterfly
(Click to open)
 		Species 16 images
Pieris rapae
Small White Butterfly
Pupa (Click to open) (Click to open)Egg (Click to open)Egg (Click to open)
 		Species 20 images
[Pieris brassicae/rapae]
a white butterfly
Pupa (Click to open)
 		Informal 2 subtaxa 36 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPieris (whites)
TribePierini (white butterflies)
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)

Pieris (whites) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pieris (whites)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 20 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pieris (whites)
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