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What is a pierid?

What is a pierid? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (entomology) Any butterfly of the family Pieridae.
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However, in populations where specialist pierid butterflies are the main herbivore, genetically determined glucosinolate levels are quite low.
Using a whole-genome microarray, we studied the expression profile of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves after oviposition by two pierid butterflies.
Genomic DNA for nymphalid, pierid, and papilionid species was prepared as described in Brower.
The family of pierid, or whites, again afford us admirable examples of the development of spots.
This group differs somewhat in composition from the preceding in that it contains no Pierid and no danaid.
This paper describes a case study of adaptation, constraint, and evolutionary innovation in pierid butterflies.

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