pierine adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Relating to, or resembling, the butterflies of the family Pieridae.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. — 1898 noun1 •A butterfly of the family Pieridae.For Africa, Marshall has collected some fortysix observations of which almost half are concerned with Pierines. — 2016 formspierines
