Anthocharis stella
Appearance
Stella orangetip | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Anthocharis |
Species: | A. stella
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Binomial name | |
Anthocharis stella (Edwards, 1872)
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Subspecies | |
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Anthocharis stella, the stella orangetip, is a species of butterfly found mainly in the Rocky Mountains in the United States where its caterpillar feeds on different kinds of rock cress.[1] It has two subspecies.
References
[edit]- ^ Shepard, Jon; Guppy, Crispin (2011-11-01). Butterflies of British Columbia: Including Western Alberta, Southern Yukon, the Alaska Panhandle, Washington, Northern Oregon, Northern Idaho, and Northwestern Montana. UBC Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-7748-4437-6.
External links
[edit]- Stella orangetip, Butterflies of Canada