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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Whites (Pierinae) » Marbles and Orangetips (Anthocharidini) » Orangetips (Anthocharis) » Julia Orangetip - Hodges#4206.1 (Anthocharis julia) » Anthocharis julia sufuris (Anthocharis julia sulfuris)
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Pieridae: Anthocharis sara - Anthocharis julia
Copyright © 2018 Carl Barrentine

Pieridae: Anthocharis sara - Anthocharis julia
Spokane, Steven's Creek Trail, DHC, Spokane County, Washington, USA
April 23, 2018
Size: Wingspread ~ 4 cm
This specimen may be an April example of Sara's Orangetip (Anthocharis sara) for Washington.
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 23 April, 2018 - 9:16pm
Last updated 11 May, 2018 - 9:35pm

Moved
Moved from Julia Orangetip.
… Carl Barrentine, 11 May, 2018 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sara Orangetip.
… Carl Barrentine, 24 April, 2018 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

Taxonomic Update?
David James added, "Hate to tell you this but this is the butterfly formerly known as Sara.... its now Anthocharis julia following a taxonomic revision..." (pers. comm., 24 April 2018, see link below).

Link: http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/106138


Perhaps certain taxa in the growing BG diurnal lep collection might be ready for a few updates?
… Carl Barrentine, 24 April, 2018 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

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