Pieridae
Andrew V. Z. Brower
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close boxThe current hypothesis of relationships for pierid genera is based upon the molecular phylogenetic hypothesis of Braby et al. 2006. Taxa not included in that hypothesis are indicated as incertae sedis as indicated by the authors, and the inferred positions of several fossil pierid genera are also indicated.
References
Ackery, P. R., R. de Jong, and R. I. Vane-Wright. 1999. The butterflies: Hedyloidea, Hesperioidea, and Papilionoidea. Pages 264-300 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.
Braby, M. F. 2005. Provisional checklist of genera of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Zootaxa 832:1?16.
Braby, M., R. Vila, and N. E. Pierce. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea): higher classification and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147(2):239-275.
Bridges, C. A. 1988. Catalogue of Papilionidae and Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Urbana, Illinois: Charles A. Bridges.
Lamas, G. 2004. Pieridae. In: Lamas G, ed. Checklist: Part 4a Hesperioidea?Papilionoidea. In: Heppner JB, ed. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera, Vol. 5A. Gainesville: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, 99?117.
Pollock, D. D., W. B. Watt, V. K. Rashbrook, and E. V. Iyengar. 1998. Molecular phylogeny for Colias butterflies and their relatives (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 91(5):524-531.
Stavenga, D. G., S. Stowe, K. Siebke, J. Zeil, and K. Arikawa. 2004. Butterfly wing colours: scale beads make white pierid wings brighter. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271:1577?1584.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Colias eurytheme (Coliadinae) |
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| Location | Bear River Ridge Road (Humboldt County, California, USA) |
| Comments | Alfalfa butterfly |
| Creator | T. W. Davies |
| Acknowledgements | Courtesy CalPhotos |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Copyright |
© 1999
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| Scientific Name | Pontia occidentalis (Pierinae) |
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| Location | San Antonio Road to Mount Hamilton (Santa Clara County, California, USA) |
| Comments | Western checkered white butterfly |
| Creator | T. W. Davies |
| Acknowledgements | Courtesy CalPhotos |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Copyright |
© 1999
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Citing this page:
Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2006. Pieridae. Version 04 October 2006 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Pieridae/12176/2006.10.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
