Artogeia Verity, 1947

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Genomic analysis reveals new species and subspecies of butterflies, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11 (6), pp. 1-63 : 6

Sinopieris H. Huang, 1995 and Artogeia Verity, 1947 are subgenera of Pieris Schrank, 1801

At times treated as a distinct genus or placed in Pontia [Fabricius], 1807 (type species Papilio daplidice Linnaeus, 1758 ), Sinopieris H. Huang, 1995 (type species Sinopieris gongaensis H. Huang, 1995 ) originates within Pieris Schrank, 1801 (type species Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 ) according to our genomic trees ( Fig. 3). Therefore, Sinopieris belongs to Pieris . However, due to the visual distinction of some of these species resulting in their confusion with Pontia , instead of synonymizing Sinopieris with Pieris , we propose to treat the former as a subgenus of the latter. We note that Pieris extensa Poujade, 1888 (type locality in China) belongs to the subgenus Sinopieris ( Fig. 3). Then, to restore the monophyly of the subgenus Pieris , we propose to treat Artogeia Verity, 1947 stat. rev. (type species Papilio napi Linnaeus, 1758 ), which is sister to Sinopieris ( Fig. 3), as another subgenus of Pieris .