List of butterflies of Europe (Pieridae)

This is a list of the butterflies of family Pieridae, or the "whites", which are found in Europe. It is a part of List of the butterflies of Europe.

Pieridae – whites

Subfamily Dismorphiinae

• Wood white, Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Réal's wood white, Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1989
• Leptidea juvernica Williams, 1946
• Fenton's wood white, Leptidea morsei (Fenton, 1881)
• Eastern wood white, Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871)

Subfamily Coliadinae

• Berger's clouded yellow, Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1805
• Clouded yellow, Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
• Northern clouded yellow, Colias hecla Lefèbvre, 1836
• Pale clouded yellow, Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Eastern pale clouded yellow, Colias erate (Esper, 1805)
• Pale Arctic clouded yellow, Colias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Mountain clouded yellow, Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780)
• Greek clouded yellow, Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850
• Lesser clouded yellow, Colias chrysotheme Esper, 1781
• Booth's sulphur, Colias tyche (de Böber, 1812)
• Balkan clouded yellow, Colias caucasica Staudinger, 1871
• Danube clouded yellow, Colias myrmidone Esper, 1780
• African migrant, Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
• Cleopatra, Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Powdered brimstone, Gonepteryx farinosa (Zeller, 1847)
• Canary Island brimstone, Gonepteryx cleobule (Hübner, 1824) Endemic to Canary Islands [1]
• Gonepteryx eversi Rehnelt, 1974 Endemic to Canary Islands [2]

Subfamily Pierinae

• Orange tip, Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus 1758)
• Eastern orange tip, Anthocharis damone Boisduval, 1836
• Provence orange tip, Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869
• Grüner's orange tip, Anthocharis gruneri (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
• Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Small orange tip, Colotis evagore (Klug, 1829)
• Eastern dappled white, Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, 1804)
• Western dappled white, Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869
• Portuguese dappled white, Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804)
• Corsican dappled white, Euchloe insularis (Staudinger, 1861) Endemic to Corsica and Sardinia [3]
• Greenish black-tip, Euchloe charlonia (Donzel, 1842)
• Spanish greenish black-tip, Euchloe bazae Fabiano, 1993 Endemic to Spain [4]
• Eastern greenish black-tip, Euchloe penia (Freyer, 1805)
• Green-striped white, Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800)
• Mountain dappled white, Euchloe simplonia (Boisduval, 1878)
• Large white, Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Canary Islands large white, Pieris cheiranthi (Hübner, 1808)
• Dark-veined white, Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, 1806)
• Mountain small white, Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828)
• Southern small white, Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851)
• Green-veined white, Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Small white, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Krueper's small white, Pieris krueperi Staudinger, 1860
• Lofty Bath white, Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1806)
• Bath white, Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Eastern Bath white, Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777)
• Lesser Bath white, Pontia chloridice (Hübner, 1813)
• Sooty orange tip, Zegris eupheme (Esper, 1805)

References

1. IUCN Red list
2. Ziegler, H. and Jost, B., 1990 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Biologie sowie Beschreibung der ersten Stände von Gonepteryx eversi Rehnelt, 1974 (Lep., Pieridae) Atalanta (Oktober 1990) 21 (1/2): 109-119, Würzburg, ISSN 0171-0079
3. IUCN Red list
4. IUCN Red list

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See also

• List of butterflies of Europe (Nymphalidae)