PIERINAE - WHITE BUTTERFLIES - TRIBES

• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

• Butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea)

• Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)

• Whites (Subfamily Pierinae)

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Subfamily Pierinae is the largest subfamily within the butterfly family Pieridae, comprising the whites, orange-tips, and many related butterflies. Members of Pierinae are generally medium-sized butterflies characterized by predominantly white, cream, yellow, or orange wings, often marked with black spots, borders, or vein patterns. They are distributed worldwide and inhabit a wide variety of environments, including forests, grasslands, meadows, wetlands, agricultural lands, and urban gardens.