Pieris, the whites or garden whites, is a widespread now almost cosmopolitan genus of butterflies of the family Pieridae. The highest species diversity is in the Palearctic, with a higher diversity in Europe and eastern North America than the similar and closely related Pontia. The females of many Pieris butterflies are UV reflecting, while the male wings are strongly UV absorbing due to pigments in the scales.
Colias hyale, the pale clouded yellow, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, which is found in most of Europe and large parts of the Palearctic. It is a rare migrant to the British Isles and Scandinavia. The adult wingspan is 52–62 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in).
Polyommatus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic realm.
Colias is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are often called clouded yellows; the North American name "sulphurs" is elsewhere used for Coliadinae in general. The closest living relative is the genus Zerene, which is sometimes included in Colias.
Polyommatus eros, the Eros blue or common meadow blue, is a species of blue butterfly found in the Palearctic.
Plebejus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Colias nastes, the Labrador sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. In Europe, it is found in the north of Norway and Sweden and on rare occasions in Northern Finland. It is also found in North America, specifically in Alaska, Canada, and the Rocky Mountains, Washington, Montana and on Greenland. In Asia, it is found in the Altai Mountains, the border regions of Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, the Sayan Mountains, the north of Siberia, and in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
Colias thisoa is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the mountains of the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, central Asia, southern Siberia, Turkey and Iran. The habitat consists of humid mountain meadows in the forest belt.
Colias marcopolo, the Marco Polo's colias, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the Pamir Mountains the Hindu Kush and Afghanistan.
Colias sieversi is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is found in Tajikistan.
Colias alpherakii is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in Central Asia.
Colias staudingeri is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The habitat consists of alpine meadows at altitudes between 2,000 and 3,900 meters.
Colias arida is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in Tibet and western China.
Colias cocandica is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Central Asia.
Colias felderi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Tibet and China.
Colias hyperborea is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the East Palearctic.
Colias leechi is a very little known butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described from the East Palearctic "In ramificationibus occidentalibus montium Himalayensium in valle Chonging".
Colias regia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the East Palearctic.
Colias romanovi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm.
