本屬概述
粉蝶屬( White,學名: Pieris)是粉蝶亞科粉蝶族裡的一個屬。
41個物種廣泛分布於世界各地。
幼蟲會食捲心菜等十字花科蔬菜,所以稱作菜蟲,是世界著名的害蟲。
下級物種
依物種的學名字母順序排列:
•Pieris ajakaMoore, 1865
•Pieris angelikaEitschberger, 1983
•巴爾幹粉蝶(Pieris balcana)Lorkovic, 1970
•寶瓶粉蝶(Pieris bowdeni)Eitschberger, 1984
•歐洲粉蝶(Pieris brassicae)(Linnaeus, 1758)=馬代拉粉蝶P. wollastoni——又名大菜粉蝶
•擬歐洲粉蝶(Pieris brassicoides)Guérin-Méneville, 1849
•黑帶粉蝶(Pieris bryoniae)(Hübner, [1790-1793])
•東方菜粉蝶(Pieris canidia)(Linnaeus, 1768)
•加那利粉蝶(Pieris cheiranthi)(Hübner, 1808)
•大衛粉蝶(Pieris davidis)Oberthür, 1876
•斑緣菜粉蝶(Pieris deota)(de Nicéville, 1884)
•杜貝粉蝶(Pieris dubernardi)Oberthür, 1884
•杜鵑粉蝶(Pieris dulcinea)(Butler, 1882)
•Pieris eitschbergeriLukhtanov, 1996
•愛谷粉蝶(Pieris ergane)(Geyer, [1828])
•Pieris erutaePoujade, 1888
•Pieris euorientis(Verity, 1908)
•大展粉蝶(Pieris extensa)Poujade, 1888
•克萊粉蝶(Pieris krueperi)Staudinger, 1860
•德夫達粉蝶 (P. k. devta)(de Nicéville, 1884)
•四川粉蝶(Pieris lama)Sugiyama, 1996
•Pieris mahometana(Grum-Grshimailo, 1888)
•曼妮粉蝶(Pieris mannii)(Mayer, 1851)
•Pieris marginalisScudder, 1861
•Pieris meckyaeEitschberger, 1983
•黑紋粉蝶(Pieris melete)Ménétriés, 1857
•娜嘎菜粉蝶(Pieris naganum)Moore, 1884
•暗脈菜粉蝶(Pieris napi)(Linnaeus, 1758)
•山林粉蝶(Pieris narina)(Verity, 1908)
•奈斯粉蝶(Pieris nesis)Fruhstorfer, 1909
•濕地粉蝶(Pieris ochsenheimeri)(Staudinger, 1886)
•Pieris oleraceaHarris, 1829
•瓶粉蝶(Pieris persis)(Verity, 1922)=希格粉蝶P. higginsi
•擬菜粉蝶(Pieris pseudorapae)(Verity, [1908])
•菜粉蝶(Pieris rapae)(Linnaeus, 1758)
•Pieris steinigeriEitschberger, 1984
•連斑粉蝶(Pieris tadjika)Grum-Grshimailo, 1888
•弗州粉蝶(Pieris virginiensis)(W.H. Edwards, 1870)