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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) » Anthocharis julia flora
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Orange and White Butterfly - Anthocharis julia - female
Copyright © 2011 Julia Pearson

Orange and White Butterfly - Anthocharis julia - Female
Adair Village, Benton County, Oregon, USA
May 4, 2011
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Contributed by Julia Pearson on 5 May, 2011 - 1:26am
Last updated 18 March, 2013 - 1:40pm

Moved
Moved from Orangetips.
… David J. Ferguson, 18 March, 2013 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

This is an Orangetip in the "Sara" complex
I think the proper name for this taxon is "flora", but I need to do some checking on the current state of affairs with the naming of these things. Right now they are a bit of a confused mess on BugGuide, so I'm just going to place yours under the genus for the moment until the names get sorted out more logically. The Butterflies of America website has them all under one species Anthocharis sara as assorted subspecies, but the thinking of the experts is leaning more and more toward the idea that there are more than one species involved, in which case "flora" will probably end up under A. julia. Neither the "Julia Orangetip" nor the subspecies flora have a place on BugGuide yet, but I'll try to sort all that out soon. Yours is a female.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 15 May, 2011 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Anthocharis julia flora
Correct. Ssp. flora is a julia.
… Todd Stout, 11 February, 2016 - 12:42am login or register to post comments

Orangetip - Anthocharis
Looks like a Sara Orangetip Anthocharis sara, perhaps the stella variety? Just a guess... nice find!
… Brian Angelo Scavone, 5 May, 2011 - 1:43am login or register to post comments

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