Pieridae genus names
The Pieridae genus names have all been checked against the NHM database and author names and years added to the current taxonomy pane.
Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Genus:
Saletara Distant, 1885 . Rhop. malay. : 287, 316.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 1
Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : PIERIDAE : PIERINAE : Tribe unassigned
Type-species:
Pieris nathalia Felder & Felder , 1862 Wien. ent. Monatschr. 6 : 285. .
Type-species designation:
by original designation
Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Genus:
Prioneris Wallace, 1867 . Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3) : 383.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 1
Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : PIERIDAE : PIERINAE : Tribe unassigned
Type-species:
Pieris thestylis Doubleday , 1842 Zool. Miscell. (Gray) (5) : 76. .
Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by, Butler , 1870 Cist. ent. 1 : 39.
Junior name(s):
Prioneres ; Marschall, 1873: 308.
Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Genus:
Pieris Schrank, 1801 . Favna boica 2 (1) : 152, 161.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 3
Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : PIERIDAE : PIERINAE : PIERINI
Type-species:
Papilio brassicae Linnaeus , 1758 Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1 : 467. .
Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by, Latreille , 1810 Consid. gén. Ordre nat. Anim.
Notes:
Hemming (1967) stated:-
This generic name has been placed by the Commission - in its Opinion 278 on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as Name No. 704.
Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Genus:
Phrissura Butler, 1870 . Cist. ent. 1 (3) : 37, 49.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 1
Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : PIERIDAE : PIERINAE : Tribe unassigned
Type-species:
Pieris illana Felder & Felder , 1862 Wien. ent. Monatschr. 6 : 287. .
Type-species designation:
(through Section (a) (misidentified type-species) of Article 70 provisionally applied)
Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Genus:
Pareronia Bingham, 1907 . Fauna Br. India Butts 2 : 276.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 1
Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : PIERIDAE : Subfamily unassigned
Type-species:
Papilio valeria Cramer , 1776 Uitl. Kapellen 1 (8) : 133, pl. 75, fig. A. .
Type-species designation:
(through Section (i) (replacement names) of Article 67)
Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Genus:
Leptosia Hübner, 1818 . Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : 13.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 2
Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : PIERIDAE : PIERINAE : Tribe unassigned
Type-species:
Leptosia chlorographa Hübner , 1818 Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : 13, pl. [9], figs 47, 48. .
Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by, Scudder , 1875 Proc. amer. acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10 : 204.
Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Genus:
Ixias Hübner, 1819 . Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (6) : 95.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 1
Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : PIERIDAE : PIERINAE : Tribe unassigned
Type-species:
Papilio pyrene Linnaeus , 1764 Mus. Lud. Ulr. Reg. : 241. .
Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by, Butler , 1870 Cist. ent. 1 : 48.
Junior name(s):
Ixiades ; Hübner, 1825: 6.
Thestias Boisduval, 1836: 590.
Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Genus:
Hebomoia Hübner, 1819 . Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (6) : 96.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 1
Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : PIERIDAE : Subfamily unassigned
Type-species:
Papilio glaucippe Linnaeus , 1758 Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1 : 469. .
Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by, Butler , 1870 Cist. ent. 1 : 48.
Junior name(s):
Hebemoia ; Hemming, 1967: 232.
Iphias Boisduval, 1836: 595.