Anthocharis cethura catalina

Catalina orangetip
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Anthocharis
Species:
A. cethura
Subspecies:
A. c. catalina
Trinomial name
Anthocharis cethura catalina
Meadows, 1937

Anthocharis cethura catalina, the Catalina orangetip, is a subspecies of the desert orangetip butterfly that is endemic to Santa Catalina Island, off the California coast of the United States. Very little is known about the subspecies, except that they tend to be found on isolated ridgetops.[1][2]

  1. ^ Bigger, T R L (1978). "A variation in the chromosome number of the English race of Anthocharis cardamines L. (Lepidoptera: v Pieridae)". Heredity. 41 (1): 63–69. doi:10.1038/hdy.1978.64. ISSN 0018-067X.
  2. ^ MEADOWS, JOHN C. (1976). "Notices of Recent Publications". Brain. 99 (3): 613. doi:10.1093/brain/99.3.613-a. ISSN 0006-8950.