Pontia

Pontia
Pontia edusa edusa on Knautia arvensis near Antsiferovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Pierini
Genus:	Pontia Fabricius, 1807
Species
Around a dozen, see text
Synonyms
Mancipium Hübner, [1807] Synchloe Hübner, 1818 Mancipium Stephens, 1828 Parapieris de Nicéville, 1897 Leucochloë Röber, [1907] Leucochloe Röber, [1907] Pontieuchloia Verity, 1929

Pontia is a genus of pierid butterflies. They are found in the Holarctic, but are rare in Europe and central to eastern North America, and a few species range into the Afrotropics. Several East Asian species once placed here are now more often split off in Sinopieris. Like the closely related genus Pieris, they are commonly called whites.