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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) » Southwestern Orangetip - Hodges#4206.2 (Anthocharis thoosa) » Southwestern Orangetip (Anthocharis thoosa thoosa)
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Southwestern Orangetip Butterfly - Anthocharis thoosa - female
Copyright © 2006 Nicky Davis

Southwestern Orangetip Butterfly - Anthocharis thoosa - Female
Christmas Tree Pass, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Size: 1 1/4 inch wingspan
ventral photo of A. sara thoosa==A. thoosa

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Southwestern Orangetip Butterfly - Anthocharis thoosa - female Southwestern Orangetip Butterfly - Anthocharis thoosa - female
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Contributed by Nicky Davis on 22 February, 2006 - 9:50pm
Last updated 29 April, 2013 - 8:08pm

As a matter of clarification for anyone checking in here -
The names thoosa, stella, julia, sara, and all the other segregates of this complex are not sorted out into more than one distinct species category on BugGuide as of yet, and the Pelham catalog is being followed.

See comments here under "Explanation of Names".
… David J. Ferguson, 12 February, 2016 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Southwestern Orangetip.
… David J. Ferguson, 29 April, 2013 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Anthocharis thoosa thoosa
Newberry Mts., Clark County, Nevada populations is mostly A. thoosa thoosa; but, there are some adults showing A. thoosa inghami traits. west to the Kingston Range of San Bernardino County, CA.
… Todd Stout, 11 February, 2016 - 1:07am login or register to post comments

 
Are there any visual ways to separate ssp. thoosa and inghami?
Looking through specimens and they all seem identical or otherwise too variable to separate. Am I missing something or are they only separated through DNA?
… James Bailey, 29 March, 2017 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

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