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Genus Anthocharis - Orangetips

Anthocharis sara - male Stella Orangetip? - Anthocharis julia - female Sara Orangetips - Anthocharis sara - male - female Falcate Orangetip - Anthocharis midea - female is this a Sara orange Tip? - Anthocharis sara - female Falcate Orangetip Butterfly - Anthocharis midea - female Anthocharis julia sulfuris - Anthocharis julia - female Anthocharis julia - male
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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)
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists five North American species in this genus.
Range
Holarctic. Anthocharis cardamines is found in Eurasia, for instance, and is very similar to the North American orangetips.
Internet References
Butterflies of North America page shows several members of this genus.

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