Pierella

Genus of butterflies

Pierella

Pierella astyoche
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Tribe:  | Haeterini
Genus:  | Pierella
Westwood, 1851[verification needed]
Type species
Papilio nereis

Drury, 1782

Diversity
11 species
Synonyms

Antirrhaea Westwood, 1851
Pieris Hübner, [1819] (non Schrank, 1801: preoccupied)

Pierella is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico through Central America to South America. The species of Pierella have larger hindwings than forewings, unique among butterflies. The oval green flash on the forewing is also unique. It is caused by diffraction, the wing scales forming a diffraction grating.

Their caterpillars have been found on the host plants Heliconia and Calathea.

## Species and subspecies

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* Pierella amalia Weymer, 1885 (= P. lena ab. leucospila)
* Pierella astyoche (Erichson, [1849]) – Astyoche satyr
* Pierella astyoche astyoche (= Haetera larymna, Hetaera [sic] astyoche)
* Pierella astyoche bernhardina Bryk, 1953 (= P. astyoche f. obscura (nomen nudum))
* Pierella astyoche stollei Ribeiro, 1931
* Pierella helvina (Hewitson, 1859)
* Pierella helvina helvina (= Haetera helvina) – red-washed satyr
* Pierella helvina hymettia Staudinger, [1886] (= P. incanescens werneri)
* Pierella helvina incanescens Godman & Salvin, 1877 (= P. incanescens costaricana)
* Pierella helvina ocreata Salvin & Godman, 1868[verification needed] (= P. ocreata (nomen nudum))
* Pierella helvina pacifica Niepelt, 1924 (= Pierello [sic] ocreata johnsoni)
* Pierella hortona (Hewitson, 1854) – white-barred lady slipper[1]
* Pierella hortona hortona (= Haetera hortensia, Haetera hortona, P. hortona f. albopunctata, P. hortona f. ocellata)
* Pierella hortona albofasciata Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914 (= P. albofaciata [sic] decepta)
* Pierella hyalinus (Gmelin, [1790]) – glassy pierella
* Pierella hyalinus hyalinus (= Papilio hyalinus, Pierella hyalinus fusimaculata, Pieris dracontis)
* Pierella hyalinus extincta Weymer, 1910
* Pierella hyalinus schmidti Constantino, 1995
* Pierella hyalinus velezi Constantino, 1995
* Pierella hyceta (Hewitson, 1859) – golden lady slipper[2]
* Pierella hyceta hyceta (= Haetera hyceta)
* Pierella hyceta ceryce (Hewitson, 1874) (= Haetera ceryce)
* Pierella hyceta latona (C.Felder & R.Felder, 1867) (= Haetera latona)
* Pierella incanescens (Godman & Salvin, 1877)
* Pierella lamia (Sulzer, 1776) – Sulzer's lady slipper[3]
* Pierella lamia lamia (= Papilio dyndimene, Papilio lamia, Papilio rhea, Pierella lamia f. fabriciana , Pierella luna ab. albina)
* Pierella lamia boliviana F.M.Brown, 1948
* Pierella lamia chalybaea Godman, 1905 (= Haetera lamia f. columbina)
* Pierella lena (Linnaeus, 1767) – Lena pierella
* Pierella lena lena (= Papilio lena, Papilio sectator)
* Pierella lena brasiliensis (C.Felder & R.Felder, 1862) (= Haetera brasiliensis, P. lena browni, P. lena glaucolena, P. lena f. melanosa (nomen nudum), P. lena f. obsoleta)
* Pierella lucia Weymer, 1885 (= P. astyoche var. albomaculata) – Lucia pierella
* Pierella luna (Fabricius, 1793) – Moon Satyr
* Pierella luna luna (= Papilio luna, Pierella luna f. rubra)
* Pierella luna lesbia Staudinger, 1887
* Pierella luna pallida (Salvin & Godman, 1868) (= Hetaera [sic] pallida)
* Pierella luna rubecula Salvin & Godman, 1868[verification needed] (= Haetera heracles)
* Pierella nereis (Drury, 1782) (= Papilio nereis)[4]

## References

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1. ^ White-barred Lady Slipper[usurped], Learn about Butterflies
2. ^ Golden Lady Slipper[usurped], Learn about Butterflies
3. ^ Sulzer's Lady Slipper[usurped], Learn about Butterflies
4. ^ "Pierella nereis". iNaturalist.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-03.

* Nymphalidae Study Group species list
* Urich, F. C., and T. C. Emmel. 1990. Life histories of Neotropical butterflies from Trinidad 1. Pierella hyalinus fusimaculata (Lepidoptera: Satyridae). Tropical Lepidoptera 1(1): 25-26.pdf

## External links

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Taxon identifiers

Pierella|

* Wikidata: Q654340
* Wikispecies: Pierella
* BioLib: 399774
* BOLD: 7075
* CoL: 92K27
* EoL: 17460
* GBIF: 1898343
* iNaturalist: 61260
* IRMNG: 1435391
* LepIndex: 144155
* NCBI: 366158
* Open Tree of Life: 739671

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