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 Holarctic pierid butterflies. 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) Yunnan may be in Sinopieris
Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886) – Small Meadow White
Pontia dubernardi (Oberthür, 1884) China may be in Sinopieris
Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777)
Pontia extensa (Poujade, 1888) West China, Fukien, India may be in Pieris
Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) – Desert (Bath) White
Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764) – Meadow White
Pontia kozlovi (Alphéraky, 1897) Xinjiang may be in Sinopieris
Pontia occidentalis (Reakirt, 1866) – Western White
Pontia protodice (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1830) – Checkered White
Pontia sherpae Epstein, 1979 Nepal may be in Sinopieris
Pontia sisymbrii (Boisduval, 1852) – Spring White, California White, or Colorado White
Pontia stoetzneri (Draeseke, 1924) Yunnan, Sichuan may be in Sinopieris
Pontia venata (Leech, 1891) Ta-chien-lu, at altitude 3000 m.may be in Sinopieris