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Pieridae
Taxonomy
Pieridae was named by Swainson (1820). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ditrysia by Carpenter (1992); and to Papilionoidea by Braby et al. (2006), van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012), de Jong (2017).
It was assigned to Ditrysia by Carpenter (1992); and to Papilionoidea by Braby et al. (2006), van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012), de Jong (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1820 | Pieridae Swainson figs. Pl 15 |
| 1992 | Pieridae Carpenter |
| 2006 | Pieridae Braby et al. |
| 2011 | Pieridae van Nieukerken et al. p. 216 |
| 2012 | Pieridae Sohn et al. p. 71 |
| 2017 | Pieridae de Jong p. 25 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available