This is a list of the butterflies of family Pieridae, or the "whites", which are found in Europe. It is a part of List of the butterflies of Europe.
Pieridae – whites Subfamily Dismorphiinae Wood white, Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758) Réal's wood white, Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1989 Leptidea juvernica Williams, 1946 Fenton's wood white, Leptidea morsei (Fenton, 1881) Eastern wood white, Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871)
Subfamily Coliadinae Berger's clouded yellow, Colias alfacariensis Ribbe, 1805 Clouded yellow, Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785) Northern clouded yellow, Colias hecla Lefèbvre, 1836 Pale clouded yellow, Colias hyale (Linnaeus, 1758) Eastern pale clouded yellow, Colias erate (Esper, 1805) Pale Arctic clouded yellow, Colias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761) Mountain clouded yellow, Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780) Greek clouded yellow, Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 Lesser clouded yellow, Colias chrysotheme Esper, 1781 Booth's sulphur, Colias tyche (de Böber, 1812) Balkan clouded yellow, Colias caucasica Staudinger, 1871 Danube clouded yellow, Colias myrmidone Esper, 1780 African migrant, Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) Cleopatra, Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767) Common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758) Powdered brimstone, Gonepteryx farinosa (Zeller, 1847) Canary Island brimstone, Gonepteryx cleobule (Hübner, 1824) Endemic to Canary Islands IUCN Red list Gonepteryx eversi Rehnelt, 1974 Endemic to Canary Islands Ziegler, H. and Jost, B., 1990 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Biologie sowie Beschreibung der ersten Stände von Gonepteryx eversi Rehnelt, 1974 (Lep., Pieridae) Atalanta (Oktober 1990) 21 (1/2): 109-119, Würzburg, ISSN 0171-0079
Subfamily Pierinae Orange tip, Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus 1758) Eastern orange tip, Anthocharis damone Boisduval, 1836 Provence orange tip, Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869 Grüner's orange tip, Anthocharis gruneri (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758) Small orange tip, Colotis evagore (Klug, 1829) Eastern dappled white, Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, 1804) Western dappled white, Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869 Portuguese dappled white, Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804) Corsican dappled white, Euchloe insularis (Staudinger, 1861) Endemic to Corsica and Sardinia IUCN Red list Greenish black-tip, Euchloe charlonia (Donzel, 1842) Spanish greenish black-tip, Euchloe bazae Fabiano, 1993 Endemic to Spain IUCN Red list Eastern greenish black-tip, Euchloe penia (Freyer, 1805) Green-striped white, Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800) Mountain dappled white, Euchloe simplonia (Boisduval, 1878) Large white, Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) Canary Islands large white, Pieris cheiranthi (Hübner, 1808) Dark-veined white, Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, 1806) Mountain small white, Pieris ergane (Geyer, 1828) Southern small white, Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851) Green-veined white, Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758) Small white, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) Krueper's small white, Pieris krueperi Staudinger, 1860 Lofty Bath white, Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1806) Bath white, Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) Eastern Bath white, Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777) Lesser Bath white, Pontia chloridice (Hübner, 1813) Sooty orange tip, Zegris eupheme (Esper, 1805)
References
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See also List of butterflies of Europe (Nymphalidae)