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Sara Orangetip - Hodges#4206 (Anthocharis sara)
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Anthocharis sara sara
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Copyright © 2008
Elliotte Rusty Harold
Sara? Orangetip -
Anthocharis sara
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Santiago Oaks Regional Park, Orange County, California, USA
March 2, 2008
Size: ~4-5 cm
Couple of these flying around today. Pretty sure it's an Orangetip, but which one?
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Contributed by
Elliotte Rusty Harold
on 2 March, 2008 - 8:25pm
Last updated 29 April, 2013 - 10:32pm
Moved
Moved from
Sara Orangetip
.
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David J. Ferguson
, 29 April, 2013 - 10:32pm
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Male Sara Orangetip
Looks like a male Sara Orangetip to me. The larger areas of dark marking on the inner wingtip seems to most indicate that species over the Desert Orangetip. The Falcate Orangetip doesn't have hardly any dark markings on the inside such as this.
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Kenneth Dwain Harrelson
, 2 March, 2008 - 10:44pm
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Subspecies is sara
We now have a new BG page for it.
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Ron Hemberger
, 15 April, 2008 - 10:44am
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Nice shot!
Later in the same month, there are a lot of these flying at Santiago Oaks and nectaring on mustard. (Last year, I saw zero there.
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Ron Hemberger
, 12 April, 2008 - 9:33pm
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Yes, I saw some there last we
Yes, I saw some there last week (a month after this one) too, and today I saw one in the Butterfly Garden at San Joaquin.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold
, 13 April, 2008 - 2:15pm
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