Species: Anthocharis sara
Pacific Orangetip
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pieridae
Genus
Anthocharis
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
pointe-orangée de Sara
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Pieridae - Anthocharis - Species is quite variable, having, according to some classifications, nine subspecies. According to other classifications, this is in fact two species.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Butterfly, Pieridae.
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-08-16
Global Status Last Changed
1998-09-01
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Coastal souteast Alaska south to Baja California; east to Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)