Anthocharis

Anthocharis

Taxobox
name = "Anthocharis"



image_width = 200px
image_caption = Orange Tip
regnum = Animalia
divisio = Rhopalocera
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Pieridae
subfamilia = Pierinae
tribus = Anthocharini
genus = "Anthocharis"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Anthocharis" is a genus of the butterfly tribe Anthocharini, in the Pieridae family. These are typically small, white-hued butterflies that have colorful marks just inside the tips of the forewings. The tip colors are usually a red-orange hue, hence the name "Orange Tip". The larvae of these butterfly often consume cruciferous plants containing chemicals called glucosinolates.Species and sub-species belonging to the "Anthocharis" genus include:

* Orange Tip, "Anthocharis cardamines"
* Catalina Orangetip, "Anthocharis cethura catalina"
* Desert Orangetip, "Anthocharis cethura cethura"
* Eastern Orange Tip, "Anthocharis damone"
* Falcate Orangetip, "Anthocharis midea"
* Grüner's Orange Tip, "Anthocharis gruneri"
* Mexican Orangetip, "Anthocharis limonea"
* Morocco Orange Tip, "Anthocharis belia"
* Provence Orange Tip, "Anthocharis euphenoides"
* Sara's Orangetip, "Anthocharis sara"
* Southern Rocky Mountain Orangetip, "Anthocharis julia"
* Southwestern Orangetip, "Anthocharis thoosa"
* Stella Orangetip, "Anthocharis stella stella"
* Utah Stella Orangetip, "Anthocharis stella browningi"
* Yellow Tip, "Anthocharis scolymus"
* Gray Marble, "Anthocharis lanceolata"

* "Anthocharis bambusaram"
* "Anthocharis bieti"
* "Anthocharis cardamines phoenissa"


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