Catalina Orangetip

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Catalina Orangetip
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Pierinae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Anthocharis
Species: A. cethura
Subspecies: A. c. catalina
Trinomial name
Anthocharis cethura catalina
(Meadows, 1937)

The Catalina Orangetip (Anthocharis cethura catalina), is a subspecies of the butterfly Desert Orangetip that is found only on Santa Catalina Island. Very little is known about them except for the fact that they tend to be found on isolated ridgetops.