Provence Orange Tip

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Provence Orange Tip

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Pierinae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Anthocharis
Species: A. euphenoides
Binomial name
Anthocharis euphenoides
(Staudinger, 1869)

The Provence Orange Tip (Anthocharis euphenoides), has a similar range as the Morocco Orange Tip but tends to rove a little further north. Its caterpillars use Biscutella as their food source.

Museum specimens of Provence Orange Tip
Museum specimens of Provence Orange Tip