Pontia

Pontia

Pontia edusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Subfamily:	Pierinae
Tribe:	Pierini
Genus:	Pontia Fabricius, 1807
Species
See text
Synonyms
Mancipium Hübner, [1807] Synchloe Hübner, 1818 Mancipium Stephens, 1828 Parapieris de Nicéville, 1897 Leucochloë Röber, [1907] Leucochloe Röber, [1907] Pontieuchloia Verity, 1929

Pontia, commonly called the whites, is a genus of Holarctic pierid butterflies. For another genus called "whites" see Pieris.

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 davidis (Oberthür, 1876) (Yunnan) may be in Sinopieris
Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886) – small meadow white
Pontia dubernardi (Oberthür, 1884) (China) may be in Sinopieris
Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777) - eastern Bath white
Pontia extensa (Poujade, 1888) (western China, Fukien, India) may be in Pieris
Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) – desert (Bath) white
Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764) – meadow white
Pontia kozlovi (Alphéraky, 1897) (Xinjiang) may be in Sinopieris
Pontia occidentalis (Reakirt, 1866) – western white
Pontia protodice (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1830) – checkered white
Pontia sherpae Epstein, 1979 (Nepal) may be in Sinopieris
Pontia sisymbrii (Boisduval, 1852) – spring white, California white, or Colorado white
Pontia stoetzneri (Draeseke, 1924) (Yunnan, Sichuan) may be in Sinopieris
Pontia venata (Leech, 1891) (Ta-chien-lu, at altitude 3000 m) may be in Sinopieris

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