Published March 5, 2010
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Pieridae
Authors/Creators
- 1. Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton ,, Canada
- 2. University of Alberta Strickland Entomology Museum ,, Canada
- 3. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Canada
- 4. Calgary ,, Canada
Description
50. Pieridae – whites, marbles, and sulphurs
Members of this family are medium-sized butterflies without tails; most have predominantly white, yellow, or orange wings. Th e hindwings have two anal veins. Androconial scales are usually present on the dorsal wing surfaces. Forelegs do not have an epiphysis on the tibia. Larvae feed on a variety of plants.
Approximately 1000 species of Pieridae are known worldwide. Seventy-three species are known from North America, 23 of which are reported from AB.
Notes
Published as part of Pohl, Greg, Anweiler, Gary, Schmidt, Christian & Kondla, Norbert, 2010, An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-549 in ZooKeys 38 (38) on page 170, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383, http://zenodo.org/record/576629
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- Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/576629 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF8B8A2E9F2CA426E62BFFD7FFC6AF1B (URL)
Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Taxon rank
- family