Sinopieris

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: Sinopieris
Species: S. chumbiensis – S. davidis – S. dubernardi – S. kozlovi – S. rothschildi – S. sherpae – S. venata – S. wangi
Name

Sinopieris Huang, 1995

Type species: Sinopieris gongaensis Huang, 1995 (=Pieris davidis var. venata Leech, 1891)
References

Huang, R.-X. & Murayama, S.-i. 1992. Butterflies of Xinjiang Province, China. Tyô to Ga 43(1): 1–22. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Sinopieris is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus occurs in Gansu, Nepal, Nanshan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan. All six species were originally included in Pieris and subsequently in Pontia.

From Pieris, this genus is most easily (though not entirely reliably) by the venation in the apical area of the forewing. Most Sinopieris species have a suffused grey or blackish post-discal band whereas Pieris usually have a single (males) or a pair (females) of blackish post-discal spots on the forewings, and no trace of any spot or band on the hindwings.

Species

Sinopieris davidis (Oberthür, 1876) (Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan)
Sinopieris dubernardi (Oberthür, 1884) (Gansu, Nanshan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan)
Sinopieris kozlovi (Alpheraky, 1897) (Xinjiang)
Sinopieris sherpae (Epstein, 1979) (Nepal)
Sinopieris stoetzneri (Draeseke, 1925) (Sichuan, Yunnan)
Sinopieris venata (Leech, 1891) (Ta-chien-lu, at altitude 3000 m)

References

Media related to Sinopieris at Wikimedia Commons

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Huang, 1995 Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 54 (399): 54-