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Pieris v.
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Pieris Schrank, 1801 Fauna boica 2(1): 152, no. 1981; 160-170, nos. 1283-1296. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by designation of Latreille (1810), Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 351, 440. Robbins and Henson (1986), J. Lepid. Soc. 40(2): 79-92, discussed the various generic arrangements and concluded that Pieris [with the following synonymy] forms a monotypic genus related to Perrhybris Hübner, [1825], Itaballia Kaye, 1904, and Ganyra Billberg, 1820. = ‡Pieris Latreille, 1804 Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 24(Tab.): 180, 200. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by monotypy. Preoccupied by and a junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801. = ‡Mancipium Hübner, [1806] Tentamen: [1]. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by monotypy. The Tentamen was suppressed by I.C.Z.N. Opinion 97; I.C.Z.N. Opinion 278 placed this name on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 84. A junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801. = ‡Danaus Oken, 1815 Lehrbuch Naturgesch. 3(Zool.)(1): 723. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by designation of Crotch (1872), Cist. Entomol. 1(4): 60. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 417 suppressed Oken’s work, making this name unavailable. Preoccupied by Danaus Kluk, 1780, Zwierz. Hist. Nat. Pocz. Gospod. 4: 83, and a junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801. = ‡Ganoris Dalman, 1816 K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 37(1): 61-62, no. 8; 86-90, nos. 1-10; tablet 1, no. 8; tablet 2, no. 8. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by original designation. A junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801. = ‡Andropodum Hübner, 1822 Syst.-alph Verz.: 2-5, 7-9. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by designation of Hemming (1933), Entomol. 66(844): 199. A junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801. This name was spelled “Antropodum” on page 3 of the original description, representing an incorrect original spelling. = ‡Tachyptera Berge, 1842 Schmetterlingsbuch: 19, 92-105. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by designation of Hemming (1934), Entomol. 67(849): 38. A junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801. = Artogeia Verity, 1947 Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 3: 192-193. Type-species: Papilio napi Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 468, no. 60, by original designation.
napi group Robbins and Henson, 1986 J. Lepid. Soc. 40(2): 86.
Pieris virginiensis W. H. Edwards, 1870
Pieris virginiensis virginiensis W. H. Edwards, 1870 Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 3(1): 10, 13-14, no. 5; figured by W. H. Edwards (1871), Butts. N. Am. [1](8): pl. Pieris 2, figs. 5 ♂ D, 6 ♂ V, 7 ♀ D, 8 ♀ V, and (1881), Papilio 1(6): pl. 3, figs. 17 ♀ D, 18 ♂ D&V. Original Combination: Pieris Virginiensis Type Locality: “Kanawha district...London, Ontario”; defined as “Coalburgh, W. Va.” by W. H. Edwards (1881), Papilio 1(6): 95-96; neotype from “the Kanawha River valley in the vicinity of Coalburgh, West Virginia.” [Kanawha County, West Virginia] Types: Neotype in CMNH, designated by F. Brown (1973), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 99(1): 101, fig. 24 ♂ D&V; figured by W. Holland (1898), Butt. Book: pl. 34, fig. 14 ♂ D. |
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