Anthocharini
| Anthocharini | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Anthocharis cardamines | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Rhopalocera |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Subfamily: | Pierinae |
| Tribe: | Anthocharini J.W. Tutt, 1896 |
| Genera[1] | |
The tribe Anthocharini is one of the subdivisions of the insect order Lepidoptera, which includes the moths and butterflies. It is a further subdivision of the butterfly family Pieridae and subfamily Pierinae; formerly it was considered a subfamily on its own, Anthocharinae. This tribe includes many, but not all, of the orangetip butterflies.[2]
Some notable species and subspecies of Tribe Anthocharini include:
- Catalina Orangetip (Anthocharis cethura catalina)
- Desert Orangetip (Anthocharis cethura cethura)
- Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)
- Eastern Greenish Black-tip (Euchloe penia)
- Eastern Orange Tip (Anthocharis damone)
- Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea)
- Gray Marble (Anthocharis lanceolata)
- Green-striped White (Euchloe belemia), and several subspecies
- Greenish Black-tip (Euchloe charlonia)
- Grüner's Orange Tip (Anthocharis gruneri), and several subspecies
- Mexican Orangetip (Anthocharis limonea)
- Morocco Orange Tip (Anthocharis belia)
- Olympia Marble (Euchloe olympia)
- Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines), and many subspecies, including A. c. phoenissa
- Portuguese Dappled White (Euchloe tagis), and many subspecies, including E. t. tagis, E. t. castellana, E. t. bellezina, E. t. reisseri and others.
- Provence Orange Tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
- Sara's Orangetip (Anthocharis sara), and several subspecies
- Sooty Orange Tip (Zegris eupheme)
- Southern Rocky Mountain Orangetip (Anthocharis julia)
- Southwestern Orangetip (Anthocharis thoosa)
- Stella Orangetip (Anthocharis stella)
- Yellow tip (Anthocharis scolymus)
References
- ↑ Pierinae, funet.fi
- ↑ Anthocharidini , Tree of Life
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