Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878) is a animal in the Pieridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878) (Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878))
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Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878)

Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878)

The southwestern orangetip (Anthocharis thoosa) is a butterfly in the Anthocharis sara complex ranging from the US Rockies to Mexico.

Family
Genus
Anthocharis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878)

Scientific name: Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878). Commonly called the southwestern orangetip, Anthocharis thoosa is a butterfly. Its range extends primarily from the American Rocky Mountains south into Mexico. This species belongs to the Anthocharis sara complex.

Photo: (c) Ilja Fescenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ilja Fescenko · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pieridae Anthocharis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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