Anthocharini Explained
The tribe Anthocharini is one of the subdivisions of the insect order Lepidoptera, which includes the moths and butterflies. It is a further subdivision of the butterfly family Pieridae and subfamily Pierinae; formerly it was considered a subfamily on its own, Anthocharinae. This tribe includes many, but not all, of the orangetip butterflies.[1]
Some notable species and subspecies of tribe Anthocharini include:
- Catalina orangetip (Anthocharis cethura catalina)
- Desert orangetip (Anthocharis cethura cethura)
- Eastern dappled white (Euchloe ausonia)
- Eastern greenish black-tip (Euchloe penia)
- Eastern orange tip (Anthocharis damone)
- Falcate orangetip (Anthocharis midea)
- Gray marble (Anthocharis lanceolata)
- Green-striped white (Euchloe belemia), and several subspecies
- Greenish black-tip (Euchloe charlonia)
- Grüner's orange tip (Anthocharis gruneri), and several subspecies
- Mexican orangetip (Anthocharis limonea)
- Morocco orange tip (Anthocharis belia)
- Olympia marble (Euchloe olympia)
- Orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines), and many subspecies, including A. c. phoenissa
- Portuguese dappled white (Euchloe tagis), and many subspecies, including E. t. tagis, E. t. castellana, E. t. bellezina, E. t. reisseri and others
- Provence orange tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
- Sara's orangetip (Anthocharis sara), and several subspecies
- Sooty orange tip (Zegris eupheme)
- Southern Rocky Mountain orangetip (Anthocharis julia)
- Southwestern orangetip (Anthocharis thoosa)
- Stella orangetip (Anthocharis stella)
- Yellow tip (Anthocharis scolymus)
Notes and References
- http://tolweb.org/Anthocharidini/76415 Anthocharidini
