Pieris Schrank, 1801

Ge, Si Xun, Jiang, Zhuo Heng, Wang, Jia Qi, Song, Kui, Zhang, Chao & Hu, Shao Ji, 2023, A revision of the Pieris napi - complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) and similar species with distribution in China, Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 81, pp. 257-287 : 257

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Genus Pieris Schrank, 1801 View in CoL View at ENA

Pieris Schrank, 1801; Fauna Boica 2(1): 152, 161; TS: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758.

= Ganoris Dalman, 1816; K. VetenskAcad. Handl. 1816(1): 61; TS: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758

= Andropodum Hübner, 1822; Syst.-alph. Verz.: 2-5, 7-9; TS: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758

= Tachyptera Berge, 1842; Schmetterlingsbuch: 19, 92-105; TS: Papi-lio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758

= Artogeia Verity, 1947; Le Farfalle diurn. d’Italia 3: 192, 193; TS: Papilio napi Linnaeus, 1758

= Talbotia Bernardi, 1958; Rev. franc. Ent. 25: 125; TS: Mancipium naganum Moore, 1884

= Sinopieris Huang, 1995; Bull. amat. Ent. Soc. 54(399): TS: Sinopieris gongaensis , Huang, 1995

Description.

Small to medium size. Both wings white and sometimes with a creamy yellow hue. Apex and outer margin on the upperside of forewing blackish, with blackish 1st and 2nd discal spot always developed. Females darker than males with dark markings more developed. The third segment of labial palpus elongated.