White Butterfly - White Butterfly

Japanese: シロチョウ(白蝶) - シロチョウ
White Butterfly - White Butterfly
A general term for insects of the family Pieridae in the order Lepidoptera. There are over 1,000 species worldwide, and they are generally small to medium-sized butterflies. About 30 species, including vagrants, are known in Japan. The species with white wings stand out, hence the name 'white butterfly', but there are also many yellow or orange ones, and many black ones in the subtropics and tropics. There are no species in this family with a tail. The Pieridae is the largest pierid butterfly in the world. Japanese species are divided into three subfamilies. Many of the subfamily of Pieridae have white wings with black, yellow, orange, or other markings, and representative species include the cabbage whites, the pygmy whites, the Siberian whites, and the Pieridae.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
鱗翅目シロチョウ科Pieridaeの昆虫の総称。世界に1000種あまりを産し,一般に小型から中型のチョウで,日本には迷チョウを含め約30種が知られている。白い翅をもつ種類が目だつのでシロチョウと呼ばれるが,黄色や橙色のものも数多く,亜熱帯や熱帯には黒ずんだものが少なくない。尾状突起をもつ種類はこの科には皆無である。ツマベニチョウは世界でもっとも大型のシロチョウである。 日本産は3亜科に分けられる。モンシロチョウ亜科は白地の翅に黒色,黄色,橙色などの斑紋をもつものが多く,代表的なものにはモンシロチョウ類,ツマキチョウ類,エゾシロチョウ類とツマベニチョウがある。

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