Anthocharis stella

Stella orangetip
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Anthocharis
Species:	A. stella
Binomial name
	Anthocharis stella; (Edwards, 1872)
Subspecies
	A. s. stella; A. s. browningi;

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

↑ 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

Stella orangetip, Butterflies of Canada

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[1] 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.

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