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Pieris
Pieris
See also: pieris
Translingual
Pieris formosa (family Ericaeae)
Pieris rapae (family Pieridae)
Proper noun
Pieris f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – certain shrubs, the andromedas or fetterbushes.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pieridae – the whites, typical pierid butterflies.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Ericaceae (plant)): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Vaccinioideae - subfamily; Lyonieae - tribe
- (genus in Pieridae (butterflies)): 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 - subfamily; Pierini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus of family Ericaeae): Pieris cubensis, Pieris floribunda, Pieris formosa, Pieris japonica, Pieris koidzumiana, Pieris langbianensis, Pieris morrisonensis, Pieris nana, Pieris phillyreifolia, Pieris rollisonii, Pieris rubroveni, Pieris swinhoei (species)
- (genus of family Pieridae): Pieris subg. Arcterica, Pieris subg. Pieris - subgenera
- Pieris balcana, Pieris brassicae, Pieris brassicoides, Pieris canidia, Pieris cheiranthi, Pieris davidis, Pieris deota, Pieris dulcinea, Pieris ergane, Pieris extensa, Pieris krueperi, Pieris mahometana, Pieris mannii, Pieris marginalis, Pieris melete, Pieris naganum, Pieris napi, Pieris ochsenheimeri, Pieris oleracea, Pieris rapae, Pieris shangrilla, Pieris tadjika, Pieris virginiensis (species)
- Pieris acadica, Pieris ajaka, Pieris angelika, Pieris bowdeni, Pieris bryoniae, Pieris cisseis, Pieris dubernardi, Pieris erutae, Pieris euorientis, Pieris itatiayae, Pieris meckyae, Pieris melaina, Pieris meneacte, Pieris narina, Pieris nesis, Pieris orientis, Pieris persis, Pieris pseudorapae, Pieris pylotis, Pieris segonzaci, Pieris steinigeri, Pieris tomariana, Pieris venosa (species (to be checked))