List of butterflies of China (Pieridae)

This is a list of the butterflies of China belonging to the family Pieridae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China. 438 species or subspecies of Pieridae are recorded from China.

Pieridae

genus: Anthocharis

:*Anthocharis cardamines <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> China

::A. c. alexandra <small>(Hemming, 1933)</small> Tian-Shan

::A. c. koreana <small>Matsumura, 1937</small> Amur, Ussuri

:*Anthocharis bieti <small>(Oberthür, 1884)</small> China, Tibet

::A. b. tsangpoana <small>(Riley, 1928)</small> Tsangpo

:*Anthocharis bambusarum <small>Oberthür, 1876</small>

:*Anthocharis scolymus <small>(Butler, 1866)</small>

:*Anthocharis thibetana <small>(Oberthür, 1886)</small> West China

genus: Aporia

:*Aporia crataegi <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

::A. c. tianschanica <small>Rühl, [1893]</small> Tian Shan

::A. c. pseudohippia <small>Verity, 1911</small> Tibet

::A. c. ussurica <small>Kardakoff, 1928</small> Amur, Ussuri

:*Aporia howarthi <small>Bernardi, 1961</small> Tibet, Lilung Valley

:*Aporia bieti <small>(Oberthür, 1884)</small>

::A. b. bieti <small>(Oberthür, 1884)</small> West China, Tibet

::A. b. gregoryi <small>Watkins, 1927</small> Yunnan

::A. b. transiens <small>Alphéraky, 1897</small> Tibet

:*Aporia hippia <small>(Bremer, 1861)</small>

::A. h. hippia <small>(Bremer, 1861)</small> Amur, Ussuri

::A. h. thibetana <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1893</small> Manchuria

:*Aporia procris <small>Leech, 1890</small>

::A. p. procris <small>Leech, 1890</small> North Yunnan, Sichuan

::A. p. draesekei <small>(Bang-Haas, 1927)</small> Yunnan

::A. p. sinensis <small>(Bang-Haas, 1927)</small> Kansu

::A. p. nyanchuensis <small>Yoshino, 1998</small> Tibet

:*Aporia leucodice <small>(Eversmann, 1843)</small>

::A. l. illumina <small>(Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)</small> Tian Shan

:*Aporia martineti <small>(Oberthür, 1884)</small>

::A. m. martineti <small>(Oberthür, 1884)</small> Yunnan, Sichuan

::A. m. konbogyandaensis <small>Yoshino, 1998</small> Tibet

:*Aporia intercostata <small>Bang-Haas, 1927</small> North China

:*Aporia potanini <small>Alphéraky, 1892</small> West China

:*Aporia lhamo <small>(Oberthür, 1893)</small> Yunnan

:*Aporia goutellei <small>(Oberthür, 1886)</small>

::A. g. tsinglingica <small>Verity, 1911</small> Yunnan

::A. g. extrema <small>South, 1913</small> Tibet

:*Aporia genestieri <small>(Oberthür, 1902)</small> Yunnan

:*Aporia delavayi <small>(Oberthür, 1890)</small>

::A. d. delavayi <small>(Oberthür, 1890)</small> North Yunnan, Sichuan, East Tibet

::A. d. minschani <small>Bang-Haas, 1933</small>

::A. d. dayiensis <small>Yoshino, 1998</small> Sichuan

:*Aporia larraldei <small>(Oberthür, 1876)</small>

::A. l. larraldei <small>(Oberthür, 1876)</small> Sichuan

::A. l. nutans <small>(Oberthür, 1892)</small> Yunnan

::A. l. melania <small>(Oberthür, 1892)</small> Sichuan

:*Aporia kaolinkonensis <small>Yoshino, 1997</small>

:*Aporia gigantea <small>Koiwaya, 1993</small> Sichuan

:*Aporia acraea <small>(Oberthür, 1885)</small>

::A. a. lotis <small>(Leech, 1890)</small> Sichuan

::A. a. wolongensis <small>Yoshino, 1995</small> Sichuan

:*Aporia tayiensis <small>Yoshino, 1995</small> Sichuan

:*Aporia largeteaui <small>(Oberthür, 1881)</small>

::A. l. kuangtungensis <small>Mell, 1935</small> China

::A. l. pacifica <small>(Mell, 1943)</small> South China

::A. l. schmackeri <small>(Mell, 1943)</small> South China

:*Aporia oberthuri <small>(Leech, 1890)</small> China

:*Aporia hastata <small>(Oberthür, 1892)</small> Yunnan

:*Aporia joubini <small>(Oberthür, 1913)</small> China

:*Aporia monbeigi <small>(Oberthür, 1917)</small>

::A. m. monbeigi <small>(Oberthür, 1917)</small> North Yunnan (Weixi)

::A. m. meiliensis <small>Yoshino, 1995</small> North Yunnan (Dequin)

:*Aporia harrietae <small>(de Nicéville, [1893])</small>

::A. h. baileyi <small>South, 1913</small> North Yunnan

:*Aporia agathon <small>(Gray, 1831)</small>

::A. a. agathon <small>(Gray, 1831)</small> Southwest China

::A. a. lemoulti <small>Bernardi, 1945</small> Sichuan

::A. a. bifurcata <small>Tytler, 1939</small> Yunnan

::A. a. omotoi <small>Yoshino, 2003</small> North Yunnan

:*Aporia nishimurai <small>Koiwaya, 1989</small> Sichuan

:*Aporia shinnooka <small>Yoshino, 2001</small> Hupei

:*Aporia kamei <small>Koiwaya, 1989</small>

:*Aporia kanekoi <small>Koiwaya, 1989</small>

genus: Appias

:*Appias albina <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small>

:: A. a. darada <small>(C. & R. Felder, [1865])</small> Hainan, West China

:*Appias paulina <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small>

:: A. p. adamsoni <small>(Moore, [1905])</small> South West China

:*Appias indra <small>(Moore, 1857)</small>

:: A. i. thronion <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1910</small> Yunnan

:: A. i. menandrus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1910</small> Hainan, South. China

:: A. i. aristoxemus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small>

:*Appias libythea <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>

:*Appias lyncida <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small>

:: A. l. formosana <small>(Wallace, 1866)</small> Taiwan

:: A. l. inornata <small>Moore, 1878</small> Hainan, South. China

:*Appias lalage <small>(Doubleday, 1842)</small>

:: A. l. lalage Yunnan

:: A. l. lageloides <small>(Crowley, 1900)</small> Hainan

:*Appias lalassis <small>Grose-Smith, 1887</small>

:: A. l. lalassis Yuunan

:*Appias nero <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>

genus: Baltia

:*Baltia butleri <small>Alphéraky, 1889</small>

genus: Catopsilia

:*Catopsilia pomona <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>

:*Catopsilia pyranthe <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

:*Catopsilia scylla <small>(Linnaeus, 1763)</small>

:*Catopsilia florella <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>

genus: Cepora

:*Cepora nerissa <small>Fabricius, 1775</small>

:*Cepora wui <small>Chou, Zhang & Wang, 2001</small>

:*Cepora nadina <small>(Lucas, 1852)</small>

:*Cepora judith <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small>

genus: Colias

:*Colias alfacariensis <small>Ribbe, 1905</small>

:*Colias hyale <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

::C. h. alta <small>Staudinger, 1886</small> Tian-Shan

::C. h. novasinensis <small>Reissinger, 1989</small> Gansu

:*Colias erate <small>(Esper, 1805)</small>

::C. e. amdensis <small>Verity, 1911</small> Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan

::C. e. sinensis <small>Verity, 1911</small> Yunnan, Manchuria

::C. e. poliographus <small>Motschulsky, 1860</small> Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Tian Shan

:*Colias tyche <small>(Böber, 1812)</small> Amur, Mongoli

:*Colias palaeno <small>(Linnaeus, 1761)</small>

::C. p. orientalis <small>Staudinger, 1892</small> Amur

:*Colias lada <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small> Tibet, Amdo, Gansu

:*Colias montium <small>Oberthür, 1886</small> Tibet, Sichuan

::C. m. viridis <small>Bang-Haas, 1915</small> Qinghai

::C. m. longto <small>Evans, 1924</small> Tibet

::C. m. fasciata <small>Kocman, 1999</small> Qinghai

:*Colias sifanica <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small>

::C. s. sifanica <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small> Amdo, Qinghai, Gansu

::C. s. herculeana <small>Bollow, 1930</small> Gansu

:*Colias aegidii <small>Verhulst, 1990</small> Gansu, Qinghai

:*Colias nebulosa <small>Oberthür, 1894</small>

::C. n. nebulosa <small>Oberthür, 1894</small> Sichuan

::C. n. karoensis <small>Hoshiai & Rose, 1998</small> Tibet

::C. n. niveata <small>Verity, [1909]</small> Qinghai

::C. n. pugo <small>Evans, 1924</small> Tibet

::C. n. sungpani <small>Bang-Haas, 1927</small> Sichuan, Gansu

::C. n. richthofeni <small>O. Bang-Haas, 1927</small> Qilian Mountains

:*Colias cocandica <small>Erschoff, 1874</small>

::C. c. maja <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small> Tian Shan

::C. c. pljushtchi <small>Verhulst, 2000</small> Tian Shan

:*Colias tamerlana <small>Staudinger, 1897</small>

::C. t. tamerlana <small>Staudinger, 1897</small> Xinjiang

:*Colias tibetana <small>Riley, 1923</small> Tibet

:*Colias grumi <small>Alphéraky, 1897</small>

::C. g. aljinshana <small>Huang & Murayama, 1992</small> Xinjiang

:*Colias ladakensis <small>C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865</small> Tibet

:*Colias nina <small>Fawcett, 1904</small> Tibet

::C. n. nina <small>Fawcett, 1904</small>

::C. n. hingstoni <small>Riley, 1923</small>

::C. n. tsurpuana <small>Grieshuber, 1996</small>

:*Colias berylla <small>Fawcett, 1904</small> Tibet

:*Colias adelaidae <small>Verhulst, 1991</small>

:*Colias arida <small>Alphéraky, 1889</small> Tibet, West China

::C. a. arida <small>Alphéraky, 1889</small>

::C. a. cakana <small>Rose & Schulte, 1992</small>

::C. a. muetingi <small>Rose & Schulte, 1992</small>

::C. a. wanda <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1893</small>

:*Colias baeckeri <small>Kotzsch, 1930</small>

:*Colias stoliczkana <small>Moore, 1878</small>

::C. s. stoliczkana <small>Moore, 1878</small> Tibet

::C. s. yangguifei <small>Huang & Murayama, 1992</small> Xinjiang

:*Colias staudingeri <small>Alphéraky, 1881</small>

::C. s. emivittata <small>Verity, 1911</small> Tien Shan

:*Colias felderi <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small> Tibet, China

:*Colias leechi <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1893</small>

:*Colias regia <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1887</small> Tien Shan

:*Colias romanovi <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1885</small> Tien Shan

:*Colias heos <small>(Herbst, 1792)</small> Mongolia, Ussuri, Southeast China

:*Colias diva <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small> Tibet, West China

:*Colias erschoffi <small>Alphéraky, 1881</small> Tien Shan

:*Colias wiskotti <small>Staudinger, 1882</small>

::C. w. draconis <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small> Tien Shan

:*Colias chrysotheme <small>(Esper, 1781)</small> Northeast China

:*Colias thisoa <small>Ménétriés, 1832</small> China

::C. t. urumtsiensis <small>Verity, 1909</small> Tian Shan

:*Colias fieldii <small>Ménétriés, 1855</small>

::C. f. fieldii <small>Ménétriés, 1855</small> Yunnan

::C. f. chinensis <small>Verity, 1909</small> Ussuri

:*Colias sieversi <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1887</small>

:*Colias thrasibulus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small>

:*Colias dubia <small>Fawcett, 1906</small>

:*Colias viluiensis <small>Ménétries, 1859</small>

genus: Delias

:*Delias acalis <small>Godart, 1819</small>

:*Delias pasithoe <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>

:*Delias hyparete <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

:*Delias lativitta <small>Leech, 1893</small>

:*Delias subnubila <small>Leech, 1893</small>

:*Delias wilemani <small>Jordan, 1925</small>

:*Delias belladonna <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>

:*Delias sanaca <small>(Moore, 1857)</small>

:*Delias berinda <small>(Moore, 1872)</small>

:*Delias agostina <small>Hewitson, 1852</small>

:*Delias descombesi <small>Boisduval, 1836</small>

genus: Dercas

:*Dercas lycorias <small>Doubleday 1842</small>

:*Dercas verhuelli <small>(Hoeven, 1839)</small>

genus: Eurema

:*Eurema ada <small>(Distant & Pryer, 1887)</small>

:*Eurema andersoni <small>(Moore, 1886)</small>

::E. a. sadanobui <small>Shirôzu & Yata, 1982</small> Yunnan

:*Eurema blanda <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small>

::E. b. hylama <small>Corbet & Pendlebury</small> Hainan

::E. b. rileyi <small>Corbet & Pendlebury</small> South China

:*Eurema brigitta <small>(Stoll, [1780])</small>

::E. b. hainana <small>(Moore, 1878)</small> Hainan

::E. b. rubella <small>(Wallace, 1867)</small> South China

::E. b. yunnana <small>(Mell, 1943)</small> Yunnan

:*Eurema hecabe <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

::E. h. albina <small>Huang, 1994</small> Fujian

:*Eurema laeta <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small>

::E. l. sikkima <small>(Moore, [1906])</small> Hainan

genus: Gandaca

:*Gandaca harina <small>(Horsfield, 1829)</small>

genus: Gonepteryx

:*Gonepteryx rhamni <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

::G. r. tianshanica <small>Nekrutenko, 1970</small> Tian Shan

:*Gonepteryx mahaguru <small>Gistel, 1857</small> East China

::G. m. alvinda <small>(Blanchard, 1871)</small> Tibet, Yunnan

:*Gonepteryx maxima <small>Butler, 1885</small> Northeast China

::G. m. amurensis <small>Graeser, 1888</small> Amur, Ussuri

:*Gonepteryx acuminata <small>C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862</small> Ning-Po

:*Gonepteryx amintha <small>Blanchard, 1871</small>

::G. a. limonia <small>Mell, 1943</small> Ussuri, Yunnan

::G. a. thibetana <small>Nekrutenko, 1968</small> Tibet

genus: Ixias

:*Ixias pyrene <small>Linnaeus 1764</small>

genus: Leptidea

:*Leptidea morsei <small>Fenton, [1882]</small> Ussuri, North China

:*Leptidea amurensis <small>Ménétriés, 1859</small>

:*Leptidea gigantea <small>(Leech, 1890)</small>

:*Leptidea lactea <small>Lorkovic, 1950</small> Tapaischan, China

:*Leptidea serrata <small>Lee, 1955</small>

genus: Leptosia

:*Leptosia nina <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>

genus: Mesapia

:*Mesapia peloria <small>(Hewitson, 1853)</small>

genus: Pareronia

:*Pareronia valeria <small>(Cramer, [1776])</small>

genus: Pieris

:*Pieris brassicae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> China

:: P. b. nepalensis <small>Gray, 1846</small> Yunnan

:: P. b. ottonis <small>Röber, 1907</small> Tian Shan

:*Pieris naganum <small>(Moore, 1884)</small>

:: P. n. cisseis <small>Leech, 1890</small> Houpe, Tsekiang, Honan, Fukien, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan

:*Pieris napi <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

:: P. n. banghaasi <small>Sheljuzhko, 1910</small> Tian Shan

:: P. n. muchei <small>Eitschberger, [1984]</small> Tian Shan

:*Pieris bryoniae <small>(Hübner, [1790-1793])</small>

:: P. b. bryonides <small>Sheljuzhko, 1910</small> Tian Shan

:*Pieris narina <small>Verity, 1908</small> Tian Shan

:*Pieris ochsenheimeri <small>Staudinger, 1886</small> Tian Shan

:*Pieris dulcinea <small>(Butler, 1882)</small>

:: P. d. dulcinea <small>(Butler, 1882)</small> Amur, Ussuri

:*Pieris melete <small>Ménétriés, 1857</small>

:: P. m. orientis <small>Oberthür, 1880</small> Ussuri

:: P. m. mandarina <small>Leech, 1893</small> North China

:: P. m. melaina <small>Röber, 1907</small> Tibet, South China

:: P. m. alpestris <small>Verity, 1908</small> Sichuan

:: P. m. australis <small>Verity, 1911</small> Yunnan

:*Pieris canidia <small>(Linnaeus, 1768)</small> West China, Tibet

:: P. c. minima <small>Verity, 1908</small> Tibet

:: P. c. mars <small>Bang-Haas, 1927</small> Kansu

:: P. c. indica <small>Evans, 1926</small> Yunnan

:*Pieris extensa <small>Poujade, 1888</small> West China

:: P. e. latouchei <small>Mell, 1939</small> Fukien

:*Pieris rapae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> China

:: P. r. crucivora <small>Boisduval, 1836</small> Amur, Ussuri

:: P. r. debilis <small>Alphéraky, 1889</small> Tian Shan

:: P. r. yunnana <small>Mell, 1943</small> South China

:*Pieris erutae <small>Poujade, 1888</small> Yunnan

:*Pieris deota <small>(de Nicéville, 1884)</small>

:*Pieris krueperi <small>Staudinger, 1860</small>

:*Pieris steinigeri <small>Eitschberger, 1984</small> Weihsi

:*Pieris chumbiensis <small>(de Nicéville, 1897)</small>

genus: Pontia

:*Pontia daplidice <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

::P. d. moorei <small>(Röber, [1907])</small> Yunnan

::P. d. amphimara <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1908)</small> Szetchuan

:*Pontia callidice <small>(Hübner, [1799-1800])</small> China, Tibet

::P. c. amaryllis <small>Hemming, 1933</small> Tian Shan

::P. c. halasia <small>Huang & Murayama, 1992</small> Xinjiang

:*Pontia chloridice <small>(Hübner, 1813)</small>

genus: Prioneris

:*Prioneris clemanthe <small>Doubleday, 1846</small>

::P. c. euclemanthe <small>Fruhstorfer, 1903</small> Hainan

:*Prioneris thestylis <small>Doubleday, 1842</small>

::P. t. formosana <small>Fruhstorfer, 1903</small> Taiwan

::P. t. hainanensis <small>Fruhstorfer, 1910</small> Hainan

genus: Sinopieris

:*Sinopieris dubernardi <small>(Oberthür, 1884)</small>

::S. d. dubernardi <small>(Oberthür, 1884)</small> Yunnan, Sichuan

::S. d. kozlovi <small>(Alphéraky, 1897)</small> Nanshan

::S. d. gyantsensis <small>(Verity, 1911)</small> Tibet

::S. d. rothschildi <small>(Verity, 1911)</small> Shaanxi

::S. d. bromkampi <small>(Bang-Haas, 1938)</small> Gansu

::S. d. wangi <small>Huang, 1998</small> Tibet

::S. d. pomiensis <small>(Yoshino, 1998)</small> Tibet

:*Sinopieris davidis <small>(Oberthür, 1876)</small>

::S. d. davidis <small>(Oberthür, 1876)</small> Yunnan

::S. d. diluta <small>(Verity, 1911)</small>

:*Sinopieris stoetzneri <small>(Draeseke, 1924)</small> Yunnan, Sichuan

:*Sinopieris venata <small>(Leech, 1891)</small> Ta-chien-lu

:*Sinopieris kozlovi <small>(Alphéraky, 1897)</small>

::S. k. kozlov <small>i (Alphéraky, 1897)</small> Nanshan

::S. k. aljinensis <small>(Huang & Murayama, 1992)</small> Xinjiang

genus: Zegris

:*Zegris pyrothoe <small>(Eversmann, 1832)</small> West China

References

• Chou, I. (ed) 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium (Monograph of Chinese Butterflies). Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou.(in Chinese). . <small>Lists species plus new distribution records for China. New species descriptions are noted in English. Colour photographs of the species treated, with accompanying Chinese text.</small>
• Full list references.

External links

• Catalogue of life China List provided by Chinese Academy of Sciencesonline here
• Butterflies of China at Digital Moths of Japan. Includes images.
• Wikispecies taxonomy additional references via species or genus
• Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica