Pontia

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q1757625
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Pontia

Summary

Pontia is a taxon[1]. Pontia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pontia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pontia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pontia belongs to the parent taxon Pierina[5].
  • Pontia's scientific name is Pontia[6].
  • Pontia's Commons category is recorded as Pontia[7].
  • Pontia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pontia[8].
  • Pontia's taxon synonym is recorded as Synchloe[9].
  • Pontia's taxon synonym is recorded as Pontieuchloia[10].
  • Pontia is commonly known as Checkered Whites[11].

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Classification

Pontia's scientific name is Pontia[6]. Pontia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pontia belongs to the parent taxon Pierina[5]. Pontia is commonly known as Checkered Whites[11].

Identifiers

Pontia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 59122[12]. Pontia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 42293[13]. Pontia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 20095[14]. Pontia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1920236[15]. Pontia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 777540[16].

Why It Matters

Pontia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2] Pontia has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Pontia is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [14] . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lepindex id 180004, 180005
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P3064]]: 180005, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270217|batch #270217]]"
  2. 24d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym Synchloe, Pontieuchloia
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of
    Parent taxon Pierina
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48421|batch #48421]]"
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