pierid
pieridine

This species is the smallest North American pierid.

The Pierinae are a large subfamily of Pierid butterflies.

The role of androconia in the courtship of pierid and nymphalid butterflies has been proven experimentally.

Larinopoda eurema, the Western Pierid Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family.

The pupa...is secured by girdle and cremaster, not unlike a pierid".

In this study, Kendall commented notably "I thought the larvae might represent a satyr species, but when the first larva pupated I was sure it was a pierid.

Xanthopterin and leucopterin are also found in the integument of the Vespidae, while the body- and wing.scales of many Pierid butterflies contain leucopterin, xanthopterin, isoxanthopterin and erythropterin.

But the most impressive structures collectively built by caterpillars, such as the remarkable bolsa of the social pierid Eucheira socialis and the tents of the lasiocampid caterpillars, are made exclusively of silk.

An Old World pierid butterfly, the Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe) has a darker summer adult morph, triggered by a long day exceeding 13 hours in duration, while the shorter diurnal period of 12 hours or less induces a paler morph in the post-monsoon period.