Sara's Orangetip

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Sara's Orangetip
Wenatchee National Forest
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Pierinae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Anthocharis
Species: A. sara
Binomial name
Anthocharis sara
(Lucas, 1852)
Subspecies

Sara's Orangetip, A. s. sara
Flora Orangetip, A. s. flora
Alaskan Orangetip, A. s. alaskensis
Gunder's Orangetip, A. s. gunderi

Sara's Orangetip, Anthocharis sara, is a butterfly which range is along the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico. The species is named for the orange tip to its otherwise yellow wings.


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