Pontia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Pierini
Subtribus: Pierina
Genus: Pontia
Species: P. beckerii – P. callidice – P. chloridice – P. daplidice – P. distorta – P. edusa – P. glauconome – P. helice – P. occidentalis – P. protodice – P. sisymbrii
Name

Pontia Fabricius, 1807
Synonyms

Synchloe Hübner, 1818. Type species: Papilio callidice Hübner, 1800 by subsequent designation by Butler, 1870.
Mancipium Stephens, 1828
Parapieris de Nicéville, 1897
Leucochloe Röber, 1907
Pontieuchloia Verity, 1929

References

Korb, S.K. & Bolshakov, L.V. 2011. A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated. Eversmannia, Supplement 2. Abstract. Reference page.
Wei Z.-M. & C.-S. Wu, 2005: A Taxonomic Study of the Genus Pontia Fabricius in China (Lepidoptera：Pieridae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 30（4）：815-821. Abstract and full article: [1].
Wyatt, C.W. 1961. Additions to the Rhopalocera of Afghanistan, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 15(1): 1–18. PDF. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Whites
中文: 雲粉蝶屬

Pontia is a genus of pierid butterflies. They are found in the Holarctic, but are rare in Europe and central to eastern North America, and a few species range into the Afrotropics. Several East Asian species once placed here are now more often split off in Sinopieris. Like the closely related genus Pieris, they are commonly called whites.
Contents

1 Species
2 References
3 External links
4 Further reading
5 External links

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

Pontia beckerii (Edwards, 1871) – Becker's white, Great Basin white, or sagebrush white
Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1799-1800) – peak white
Pontia chloridice (Hübner, 1808-1813) – small Bath white
Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) – Bath white
Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886) – small meadow white
Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777) - eastern Bath white
Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) – desert (Bath) white
Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764) – meadow white
Pontia occidentalis (Reakirt, 1866) – western white
Pontia protodice (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1830) – checkered white
Pontia sisymbrii (Boisduval, 1852) – spring white, California white, or Colorado white

Some other species are occasionally placed here, but alternatively in other genera. Pontia extensa may belong in Pieris, while a number of other species from the China region are often split off in Sinopieris:

Pontia davidis (Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan)
Pontia dubernardi (Gansu, Nanshan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan)
Pontia kozlovi (Xinjiang)
Pontia sherpae (Nepal)
Pontia stoetzneri (Sichuan, Yunnan)
Pontia venata (Ta-chien-lu, at altitude 3000 m)

References

Pontia funet.fi

External links

Images representing Pontia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Eurobutterflies