Pieridae definitions

Pieridae

1) Arthropod family 2) Cabbage butterflies 3) Family pieridae
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The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots. The pigments that give the distinct colouring to these butterflies are derived from waste products in t...
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Pieridae

(from the article `butterfly`) The four butterfly families are: Pieridae, the whites and sulfurs, known for their mass migrations; Papilionidae, the swallowtails and parnassians ... ...most of the pantropical Acraeinae are also highly protected and aposematic models; some nymphalids, such as the monarch butterfly, are ... ...often re...
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Pieridae

Pieridae is the whites and sulphurs or yellows family of butterflies, containing some 1500 species mostly white or yellow in colour. They are mostly medium sized butterflies with convex-shaped inner borders to the hind wings. The different sexes usually differ in colour and the caterpillars are often thickly covered with short hair, and their body ...
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