| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians |
| subdivisio | Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes |
| phylum | Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 - arthropods |
| subphylum | Hexapoda Blainville, 1816 - hexapods |
| class | Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects |
| subclass | Pterygota Lang, 1888 |
| infraclass | Neoptera Martynov, 1923 |
| cohors | Endopterygota Sharp, 1898 |
| order | Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies and moths |
| suborder | Glossata Fabricius, 1775 |
| infraorder | Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918 |
| falanga | Ditrysia Börner, 1925 |
| superfamily | Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 |
| family | Pieridae Swainson, 1820 - tip butterflies |
| subfamily | Pierinae Swainson, 1820 - white tip butterflies |
| tribus | Pierini Swainson, 1820 |
| genus | Appias Hübner, 1819 - Puffins and Albatrosses |
| subgenus | Appias Hübner, 1819 |
| species | Appias inanis van Eecke, 1913 |