| Anteos maerula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Anteos |
| Species: | A. maerula |
| Binomial name | |
| Anteos maerula (Fabricius, 1775)[1] |
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The Angled Sulphur or Yellow Angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found from Peru to Mexico. Rarely, migrants can be found up to eastern Nebraska, south-eastern Arizona, south-western New Mexico, southern Texas, Mississippi and Florida.[2]
The wingspan is 82-117 mm. The upperside of the males is bright yellow, while females are paler. Both sexes have a black spot in the forewing cell. Adults feed on the nectar from red and purple flowers, including Hibiscus and Bougainvilla species.
The larvae feed on Cassia species, including Cassia emarginata.