Pierine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pierine is a noun meaning A butterfly of the family Pieridae.
Meaning
A butterfly of the family Pieridae.
More Meanings
- (zoology) Relating to, or resembling, the butterflies of the family Pieridae.
Example Sentences
For Africa, Marshall has collected some fortysix observations of which almost half are concerned with Pierines.
No pigment of similar constitution to the Pierine white, yellow, and red, was found by Mr. Hopkins in any other butterfly—not even in the allied Papilioninae.
Perhaps some of the most interesting data on such properties of adaptive response, and constraints upon it, come from the recent studies of Shapiro on Andean pierine butterflies.
Rather than reviewing the physics and physiology of butterfly thermoregulation here, I will simply note that thermoregulatory advantage is not yet proven for the seasonal phenotypes of any pierine, though strongly suspected; increased survivorship […]
Word Forms
- pierines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pierid, white, papilionid, brimstone, cleopatra, polygonia.
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