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 ''Pierella'' is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico through Central America to South America. The species of ''Pierella'' have larger hindwings than forewings, unique among butterflies. Th ...

'' in the butterfly family Nymphalidae

Places

Pieris, Italy San Canzian d'Isonzo ( Bisiacco: ; ; ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy. The small town is situated about from Gorizia, the capital of the province, and west of th ...

, a hamlet of San Canzian d'Isonzo in Italy *

Pieria (regional unit) Pieria () is one of the regional units of Greece located in the southern part of the Central Macedonia, Region of Central Macedonia, within the historical province of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Katerini. The name ...

, also Pieris, an administrative unit and a historic region in Greece * Pieris, an ancient name of the Greek settlement

Kondariotissa Kontariotissa (, ''Kontariotissa'', formerly ''Κουντουριώτισσα'', ''Koundouriotissa'') is a village in the Pieria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. It is located 9 km south of the Pierian capital, Katerini. The main occupatio ...

Pieres The Pieres (Ancient Greek,"''Πίερες''") were a Thracians, Thracian tribe connected with the Brygi, that long before the archaic period in Greece occupied the narrow strip of plain land, or low hill, between the mouths of the Pineios River (T ...

, an ancient Thracian tribe living in the Pieria region *

Piereis Piereis () is a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio Pangaio () is a municipality in the Kavala regional unit, Greece, n ...

, a municipal unit in Kavala regional unit, Greece

People

Mevan Pieris Henry Sri Mevan Pieris (born 16 February 1946) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played first-class and one-day cricket for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 1975. Life and career Mevan Pieris was born in Colombo and attended S. Thomas' College, Mount ...

(born 1946), Sri Lankan former cricket player *

Paules Edward Pieris Deraniyagala Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala (1900–1976) was a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist, and artist. Early life and education He was born in Colombo, the son of Paul Edward Pieris and Lady Hilda Obeyesekere Pieris. He had two younger brothe ...

(1900–1976), a Sri Lankan paleontologist, zoologist and artist *

Aloysius Pieris Aloysius Pieris SJ (born 9 April 1934) is a Sri Lankan Jesuit priest, theologian, intellect, and the founding director of the Tulana Research Center for Encounter and Dialogue. Biography Aloysius Pieris was born in Ampitiya, Ceylon (present-d ...

(born 1934), Jesuit Priest and director of the Tulana Center in Sri Lanka

Other uses

Pieris (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pieris was one of the names given for the slave who was the mother, by Menelaus, of Megapenthes. Homer's ''Odyssey'', and the geographer Pausanias, mention that Megapenthes was the illegitimate son of Menelaus, king of Mycenae ...

, a figure in Greek mythology

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