pierid butterfly

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Noun1.pierid butterfly - any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legspierid butterfly - any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs
pierid
butterfly - diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
family Pieridae, Pieridae - arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies
cabbage butterfly - white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage
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In 1999 the pierid butterfly, the dainty sulphur, Nathalis iole appeared in Ohio in good numbers for the first time in 68 years.
The dainty sulphur butterfly in Ohio (1)
The population ecology of a natural population of the pierid butterfly Colias alexandra.
An empirical test of Rapoport's rule: elevational gradients in montane butterfly communities
Edibility of the pierid butterfly model by a predator.
Evasive mimicry involving a butterfly model and grasshopper mimic
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