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Species Anthocharis julia - Julia Orangetip - Hodges#4206.1

Stella Orangetip - Anthocharis julia Orangetip - Anthocharis julia Orange and White Butterfly - Anthocharis julia - female Stella Orangetip? - Anthocharis julia - female Sara Orangetip - Anthocharis julia - male Anthocharis? - Anthocharis julia Pieridae: Anthrocharis julia - Anthocharis julia Anthocharis julia - female
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows)
Subfamily Pierinae (Whites)
Tribe Anthocharidini (Marbles and Orangetips)
Genus Anthocharis (Orangetips)
Species julia (Julia Orangetip - Hodges#4206.1)
Hodges Number
4206.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anthocaris julia Edwards, 1872
Anthocaris julia alaskensis (Gunder, 1932)
Anthocaris julia browningi (Skinner, 1906)
Anthocaris julia flora (Wright, 1892)
Anthocaris julia julia (Edwards, 1872)
Anthocaris julia prestonorum (Stout, 2012)
Anthocaris julia stella (Edwards, 1879)
Anthocaris julia sulfuris (Pelham, 2008)
Explanation of Names
The Anthocharis sara complex was revised in Stout (2018) (1). Three species and fifteen subspecies are now recognized as follow:
Anthocharis sara Lucas, 1852
A. s. gunderi (Ingham, 1933)
A. s. pseudothoosa (Austin, 1998)
A. s. sara (Lucas, 1852)
A. s. sempervirens (Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 2008)

Anthocharis julia Edwards, 1872
A. j. alaskensis (Gunder, 1932)
A. j. browningi (Skinner, 1906)
A. j. flora (Wright, 1892)
A. j. julia (Edwards, 1872)
A. j. prestonorum (Stout, 2012)
A. j. stella (Edwards, 1879)
A. j. sulfuris (Pelham, 2008)

Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878)
A. t. colorado (Scott & Fisher, 2008)
A. t. corcorani (Gunder, 1931)
A. t. inghami (Gunder, 1932)
A. t. thoosa (Scudder, 1878)
Internet References
The Anthocharis sara complex has been revised by Todd Stout:
Stout, T.L., 2018. A review of three species-level taxa of the Anthocharis sara complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae: Anthocharidini). Insecta Mundi 0615: 1–38. http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/106138