Pontia

Pontia

Pontia edusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Subfamily:	Pierinae
Tribe:	Pierini
Genus:	Pontia Fabricius, 1807
Species
See text
Synonyms
Mancipium Hübner, [1807] Synchloe Hübner, 1818 Mancipium Stephens, 1828 Parapieris de Nicéville, 1897 Leucochloë Röber, [1907] Leucochloe Röber, [1907] Pontieuchloia Verity, 1929

Pontia, commonly called Whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies found worldwide. For other Whites see genus Pieris.

Species

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

Pontia beckerii (Edwards, 1871) – Becker's White, Great Basin White, or Sagebrush White
Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1799-1800) – Peak White
Pontia chloridice (Hübner, 1808-1813) – Small Bath White
Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) – Bath White
Pontia davidis (Oberthür, 1876)
Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886) – Small Meadow White
Pontia dubernardi (Oberthür, 1884)
Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777)
Pontia extensa (Poujade, 1888)
Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) – Desert (Bath) White
Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764) – Meadow White
Pontia kozlovi (Alphéraky, 1897)
Pontia occidentalis (Reakirt, 1866) – Western White
Pontia protodice (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1830) – Checkered White
Pontia sherpae Epstein, 1979
Pontia sisymbrii (Boisduval, 1852) – Spring White, California White, or Colorado White
Pontia stoetzneri (Draeseke, 1924)
Pontia venata (Leech, 1891)