Classification
The family Pieridae has four subfamilies, of which the Whites and the Yellows are well represented in India.
- Pierinae or the Whites.
- Coliadinae or the Yellows.
- Dismorphiinae. (6 genera of Neotropical butterflies and one genus Leptidea in the Palearctic region but not occurring in India.)
- Pseudopontiinae (A single species in tropical West Africa.)
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