A revision of the Pieris napi - complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) and similar species with distribution in China Author Ge, Si Xun https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-1530 Beijing Key Laboratory for Forest Pest Control, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China. Author Jiang, Zhuo Heng School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China Author Wang, Jia Qi 2288 Long, Hongxin Rd, Minhang District, Shanghai, China Author Song, Kui School of Economic and Management, Qinghai Nationalities University, Bayi Road No. 3, Xining 810007, Qinghai, P. R. China Author Zhang, Chao Simianshan Forest Resource Service Center, Jiangjin District, Chongqing, 402296, P. R. China Author Hu, Shao Ji Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China shaojihu@hotmail.com text Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 2023 2023-03-15 81 257 287 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/asp.81.e85191 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/asp.81.e85191 1864-8312-81-257 CC0AB5E565324E9EB5D02FD08B5FFE2C 74CBFA410981516FBB87561614EFF561 Genus Pieris Schrank, 1801 Pieris Schrank, 1801; Fauna Boica 2(1): 152, 161; TS: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758. = Ganoris Dalman, 1816; K. VetenskAcad. Handl. 1816(1): 61; TS: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 = Andropodum Huebner , 1822; Syst.-alph. Verz.: 2-5, 7-9; TS: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 = Tachyptera Berge, 1842; Schmetterlingsbuch: 19, 92-105; TS: Papi-lio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 = Artogeia Verity, 1947; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 3: 192, 193; TS: Papilio napi Linnaeus, 1758 = Talbotia Bernardi, 1958; Rev. franc. Ent. 25: 125; TS: Mancipium naganum Moore, 1884 = Sinopieris Huang, 1995; Bull. amat. Ent. Soc. 54(399): TS: Sinopieris gongaensis , Huang, 1995 Description. Small to medium size. Both wings white and sometimes with a creamy yellow hue. Apex and outer margin on the upperside of forewing blackish, with blackish 1st and 2nd discal spot always developed. Females darker than males with dark markings more developed. The third segment of labial palpus elongated.