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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) » Gray Marble - Hodges#4208 (Anthocharis lanceolata)

Species Anthocharis lanceolata - Gray Marble - Hodges#4208

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Gray Marble - Anthocharis lanceolata Gray Marble - Anthocharis lanceolata Gray Marble - Anthocharis lanceolata - male - female
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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)
Species lanceolata (Gray Marble - Hodges#4208)
Hodges Number
4208
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1852 by Hippolyte Lucas as Anthocharis lanceolata
Numbers
Butterflies of America lists 3 subspecies:
lanceolata, australis, and desertolimbus- all of which are native in our area
Internet References
Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, ser.2, v.4, p.338    Lucas' original description of the species
Butterflies of America    ssp. lanceolata
Butterflies of America    ssp. australis
Butterflies of America    ssp. desertolimbus
Contributed by tom murray on 20 July, 2006 - 4:30pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Entz
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:12am

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