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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) » Stella Orangetip (Anthocharis julia stella)
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Sara Orange Tip Butterfly - Anthocharis julia - female
Copyright © 2009 Beth Sands

Sara Orange Tip Butterfly - Anthocharis julia - Female
Silver Lake, El Dorado County, California, USA
June 27, 2009
Size: little over 1"
I found this beautiful Butterfly at about the 7500' elevation . This one landed on a tiny Monkey flower finally .I am pretty sure it is a Sara Orange Tip . Thanks for any comments , Beth
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Contributed by Beth Sands on 29 June, 2009 - 7:48am
Last updated 9 May, 2013 - 2:50pm

Moved
Moved from Anthocharis sara sara.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 May, 2013 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sara Orangetip.
… David J. Ferguson, 29 April, 2013 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… Harsi S. Parker, 16 July, 2009 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

Sara orangetip - I agree, Beth.
These are really pretty. Yours is out much later than the ones in Orange County, Calif.
… Ron Hemberger, 29 June, 2009 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Very pretty Butterfly!
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 30 June, 2009 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

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