Pontia

Pontia, commonly called the whites, is a genus of Holarctic pierid butterflies. For another genus called "whites" see Pieris.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

• 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) - eastern Bath white
• Pontia extensa (Poujade, 1888) (western 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

• Pontia funet.fi