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Pieris

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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

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
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