Pieris Explained

Pieris may refer to:

Organisms

• Pieris (plant), the andromeda or fetterbush, a plant genus in the family Ericaceae
• Pieris (butterfly), the garden whites, a butterfly genus in the family Pieridae
• Pieris, a synonym of the genus Pierella in the butterfly family Nymphalidae

Places

• Pieris, Italy, a hamlet of San Canzian d'Isonzo in Italy
• Pieria (regional unit), also Pieris, an administrative unit and a historic region in Greece
• Pieris, an ancient name of the Greek settlement Kondariotissa
• Pieres, an ancient Thracian tribe living in the Pieria region
• Piereis, a municipal unit in Kavala regional unit, Greece

People

• Mevan Pieris (born 1946), Sri Lankan former cricket player
• Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900–1976), a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist and artist
• Aloysius Pieris (born 1934), Jesuit Priest and director of the Tulana Center in Sri Lanka

Other uses

• Pieris (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology

See also

• Pieris Kurundu, a type 7 cinnamon of the Cinnamomum verum variety
• Peiris, a surname
• Pierian Spring, the metaphorical source of knowledge about art and science