Anthocharis cethura

Desert Orangetip
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Anthocharini
Genus:	Anthocharis
Species:	A. cethura
Subspecies:	A. c. cethura
Trinomial name
Anthocharis cethura cethura C. & R. Felder, 1865

The Desert Orangetip, Anthocharis cethura cethura, is a butterfly of the Pierinae subfamily. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it lives in hills and ridges.^[1] Its caterpillars mostly eat plants of the mustard family.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Butterflies and Moths of North America

External links

• Butterflies of America

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