Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
   Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
     Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 - winged insects see Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
       Endopterygota Sharp, 1899
         Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies, moths
           Suborder Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918 see Infraorder Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918
             Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802
               Family Pieridae Swainson, 1820 - yellow-white butterflies
                 1 Subfamily Pseudopontiinae Reuter, 1896
                 2 Subfamily Dismorphiinae Schatz, 1886
                 3 Subfamily Pierinae Swainson, 1820
                 4 Subfamily Coliadinae Swainson, 1821