Anthocharis sara

Julia orangetip
	Wenatchee National Forest
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Anthocharis
Species:	A. sara
Binomial name
	Anthocharis sara; (Lucas, 1852)
Subspecies
	Sara orangetip (A. s. sara); Flora orangetip (A. s. flora); Alaskan orangetip (A. s. alaskensis); Gunder's orangetip (A. s. gunderi);

Anthocharis sara, the Sara orangetip is one of three species in the sara orangetip complex. It is basically a California endemic butterfly with populations extending from Baja California into extreme SW Oregon where it is replaced northward to the Alaskan panhandle by the julia orangetip (Anthocharis julia) . The common name, Pacific orangetip, is obsolete since its implied distribution includes two separate species. [1]

References

http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0615_Stout_2018.pdf A review of three species-level taxa of the Anthocharis sara complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae: Anthocharidini)

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[1] ttp://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0615_Stout_2018.pdf A review of three species-level taxa of the Anthocharis sara complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae: Anthocharidini)