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Pierinae
Pierinae
Translingual
Proper noun
Pierinae
- A taxonomic subfamily within the family Pieridae – some pierid butterflies, one of several clades called whites.
Hypernyms
- (subfamily): 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
Hyponyms
- (subfamily): Anthocharini, Colotini, Pierini (tribes)