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Definition 2025
Pierina
Pierina
Translingual
Pieris canidia
Proper noun
Pierina
- A taxonomic subtribe within the family Pieridae – certain pierid butterflies.
Hypernyms
- (subtribe): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Amphiesmenoptera - clade; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Pieridae - family; Pierinae&nbnsp;- subfamily; Pierini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (subtribe): Ascia, Baltia, Ganyra, Glennia, Hypsochila, Infraphulia, Itaballia, Leptophobia, Miopieris, Perrhybris, Phulia, Piercolias, Pieriballia, Pieris, Pierphulia, Pontia, Reliquia, Stolopsyche, Talbotia, Tatochila, Theochila (genera)