Anthocharis sara

Sara orangetip
Wenatchee National Forest
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Anthocharis
Species:
A. sara
Binomial name
Anthocharis sara
(Lucas, 1852)
Subspecies
  • Sara orangetip (A. s. sara)
  • Flora orangetip (A. s. flora)
  • Alaskan orangetip (A. s. alaskensis)
  • Gunder's orangetip (A. s. gunderi)

Anthocharis sara, the Sara orangetip, is one of three species in the Sara orangetip complex. It has a population extending from Baja California into extreme southwest Oregon and another extending from the east slope of the Sierra Nevada into far western Nevada.[1] The common name Pacific orangetip is obsolete since it implies a distribution that includes two separate species.[2]

  1. ^ Stout, Todd (2018-01-01). "A review of three species-level taxa of the Anthocharis sara complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae: Anthocharidini)". Insecta Mundi.
  2. ^ http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0615_Stout_2018.pdf A review of three species-level taxa of the Anthocharis sara complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae: Anthocharidini)