Pieris

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Pieris is two different genera:

  • Pieris (plant), the andromedas or fetterbushes, is a plant genus in the Ericaceae family
  • Pieris (butterfly), the whites, is a butterfly genus in the Pieridae family, the whites
  • Pieris is also an ancient name of Kondariotissa and an ancient tribe where the name Pieria originates
  • Another Pieris existed near what is now the southwestern portion of the Kavala prefecture in eastern Greek Macedonia. It is now a municipality, Piereis, covering most of the ancient Pieris