Pierella est papilio subfamiliae Satyrinarum familiae Nymphalidarum, a Mexico per Mediam Americam ad Americam Australem endemicus.

Pierella astyoche, specimen in museo conservatum

Classis : Insecta 
Ordo : Lepidoptera 
Familia : Nymphalidae 
Subfamilia : Satyrinae 
Tribus : Haeterini 
Genus : Pierella 
Westwood, 1851Formula:Verify source
   
Synonyma
Antirrhaea Westwood, 1851
Pieris Hübner, [1819] (non Schrank, 1801: preoccupied)
Species typica
Papilio nereis Drury, 1782

Speciebus unice inter papiliones sunt alae posteriores alis anterioribus maiores.

Larvae plantis generum Heliconiae et Calatheae vescuntur.

Species et subspecies recensere

Ordine alphabetico digestae.

  • Pierella amalia Weymer, 1885 (= P. lena ab. leucospila)
  • Pierella astyoche (Erichson, [1849])
    • Pierella astyoche astyoche (= Haetera larymna, Hetaera [sic] astyoche)
    • Pierella astyoche bernhardina Bryk, 1953 (= P. astyoche f. obscura (nomen nudum))
    • Pierella astyoche stollei Ribeiro, 1931
  • Pierella helvina (Hewitson, 1859)
    • Pierella helvina helvina (= Haetera helvina)
    • Pierella helvina hymettia Staudinger, [1886] (= P. incanescens werneri)
    • Pierella helvina incanescens Godman & Salvin, 1877 (= P. incanescens costaricana)
    • Pierella helvina ocreata Salvin & Godman, 1868Formula:Verify source (= P. ocreata (nomen nudum))
    • Pierella helvina pacifica Niepelt, 1924 (= Pierello [sic] ocreata johnsoni)
  • Pierella hortona (Hewitson, 1854)
    • Pierella hortona hortona (= Haetera hortensia, Haetera hortona, P. hortona f. albopunctata, P. hortona f. ocellata)
    • Pierella hortona albofasciata Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914 (= P. albofaciata [sic] decepta)
  • Pierella hyalinus (Gmelin, [1790])
    • Pierella hyalinus hyalinus (= Papilio hyalinus, Pierella hyalinus fusimaculata, Pieris dracontis)
    • Pierella hyalinus extincta Weymer, 1910
    • Pierella hyalinus schmidti Constantino, 1995
    • Pierella hyalinus velezi Constantino, 1995
  • Pierella hyceta (Hewitson, 1859)
    • Pierella hyceta hyceta (= Haetera hyceta)
    • Pierella hyceta ceryce (Hewitson, 1874) (= Haetera ceryce)
    • Pierella hyceta latona (C.Felder & R.Felder, 1867) (= Haetera latona)
  • Pierella incanescens (Godman & Salvin, 1877)
  • Pierella lamia (Sulzer, 1776)
    • Pierella lamia lamia (= Papilio dyndimene, Papilio lamia, Papilio rhea, Pierella lamia f. fabriciana , Pierella luna ab. albina)
    • Pierella lamia boliviana F.M.Brown, 1948
    • Pierella lamia chalybaea Godman, 1905 (= Haetera lamia f. columbina)
  • Pierella lena (Linnaeus, 1767)
    • Pierella lena lena (= Papilio lena, Papilio sectator)
    • Pierella lena brasiliensis (C.Felder & R.Felder, 1862) (= Haetera brasiliensis, P. lena browni, P. lena glaucolena, P. lena f. melanosa (nomen nudum), P. lena f. obsoleta)
  • Pierella lucia Weymer, 1885 (= P. astyoche var. albomaculata)
  • Pierella luna (Fabricius, 1793)
    • Pierella luna luna (= Papilio luna, Pierella luna f. rubra)
    • Pierella luna lesbia Staudinger, 1887
    • Pierella luna pallida (Salvin & Godman, 1868) (= Hetaera [sic] pallida)
    • Pierella luna rubecula Salvin & Godman, 1868Formula:Verify source (= Haetera heracles)
  • Pierella nereis (Drury, 1782) (= Papilio nereis)

Nexus externi recensere

  • De Haeterinis apud situm nymphalidae.net (Nymphalidae Study Group)
 

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