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Anthocharis
''Anthocharis'' is a holarctic genus of the butterfly tribe Anthocharini, in the family Pieridae. These are typically small, white-hued butterflies that have colorful marks just inside the tips of the forewings. The tip colors are usually a red-orange hue, hence the name "orange tip". The larvae of these butterfly often consume Brassicaceae, cruciferous plants containing chemicals called glucosinolates. This genus is characterized by two of the five subcostal veins branching off before the apex of the cell, by the upper radial being only little united with the subcostal, and by the central discocellular being rather long. In all the species the males have at least the apical portion of the forewing orange red or yellow. Only one species inhabits also the northern districts of the Palearctic region, all the others are found in the south of the Palearctic region, also some species occur in North America, but not one species extends into the tropics. The Anthocharis species have only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthocharis Cardamines
''Anthocharis cardamines'', the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains about 1,100 species. ''A. cardamines'' is mainly found throughout Europe and temperate Asia (Palearctic). The males feature wings with a signature orange pigmentation, which is the origin of ''A. cardamines''' common name. Males and females of this species occupy different habitats: males mostly frequent the edges of forests whereas females frequent meadows. ''A. cardamines'' feeds on most plants found within its habitat but the females selectively oviposit on young inflorescence of Brassicaceae, crucifers. Mating is usually controlled by females as virgin females found in flight are always pursued by males immediately. Females can signal different meanings to the approaching males by using their abdomen. There is evidence that mated females have an anti-aphrodisiac and that their usage of the abdomen has a closely related function in presenting these pheromones to males. This speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthocharini
The tribe (biology), tribe Anthocharini is one of the subdivisions of the insect order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which includes the moths and butterflies. It is a further subdivision of the butterfly family Pieridae and subfamily Pierinae; formerly it was considered a subfamily on its own, Anthocharinae. This tribe includes many, but not all, of the orangetip butterflies. Tree of Life Some notable species and subspecies of tribe Anthocharini include: * Catalina orangetip (''Anthocharis cethura catalina'') * Anthocharis cethura, Desert orangetip (''Anthocharis cethura cethura'') * Eastern dappled white (''Euchloe ausonia'') * Eastern greenish black-tip (''Euchloe penia'') * Eastern orange tip (''Anthocharis damone'') * Falcate orangetip (''Anthocharis midea'') * Gray marble (''Anthocharis lanceolata'') * Green-striped white (''Euchlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthocharis Belia
''Anthocharis belia'', the Moroccan orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in northwestern Africa (specifically Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia). The length of the forewings is . Description in Seitz ''A. eupheno'' L. (synonym of ''Anthocharis belia'') from North Africa, is above very similar to '' Anthocharis damone'' but the orange patch is smaller and proximally more strongly edged with dark, the black median spot disappearing in the dark edge of the orange spot; however, the underside of the hindwing lighter yellow and differently marked. The female is without the orange patch, having reddish yellow only in the apical area. — ''androgyne'' Leech, from Morocco, differs only in the female in the stronger development of the reddish yellow apical spot. Larva green, with yellow and black dorsal markings, very similar to that of ''A. euphenoides'', on ''Biscutella'' (Spuler).Julius Röber, 1909 Pieridae, pp. 39-74, 374, pls. 17-27. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthocharis Gruneri
''Anthocharis gruneri'' (Grüner's orange tip) is a butterfly found mainly in Turkey, Transcaucasian Mountains, Asia Minor and the Armenian highlands. Description in Seitz "''A. gruneri'' H.-Sch. from Greece, Southern Turkey, and Asia Minor, is smaller than '' cardamines'',but otherwise similar: the black apical markings broader in the male, the ground-colour of the upperside strongly yellowish. — ''armeniaca'' Christ. from Asia Minor and Mesopotamia, is more whitish above, and the orange-red apical patch proximally dark-edged. ab. ''homogena'' is an intermediate form. — Near Angora flies ''diluta'' form, nov. öber which is distinguished by the less developed greenish markings of the underside of the hindwing, and in the female, besides, by the dark apex of the forewing being almost completely without markings. — In Syria, where this insect does not appear to be plentiful, there occurs a special form : small , upperside pure white , orange patch reduced , reaching only t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthocharis Euphenoides
''Anthocharis euphenoides'', the Provence orange tip, is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Iberian Peninsula (missing in the southwest and northeast), in the south of France (from the eastern Pyrenees to the Alpes-Maritimes) and in Italy in the Abruzzo. There are a few records from Switzerland (Southern Ticino). Its caterpillars use ''Biscutella'' as their food source. Description This butterfly has a very marked sexual dimorphism: the male is yellow with the apex of the forewings orange bordered by a small black band while the female is white with the apex orange and the same black band. The underside of the hindwings is marked with green and the apex of the forewings is orange in the male, yellow in the female. Description in Seitz ''A. euphenoides'' is distinguished in both sexes only by the colour and markings of the underside of the hindwing. In the females the colour of the apical area of the upperside of forewing is very variable, for there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthocharis Cethura
''Anthocharis cethura'', the desert orangetip or Felder's orangetip, is a species of butterfly in the subfamily Pierinae.''Anthocharis cethura''. Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it lives on hills and ridges in rocky desert habitat.''Anthocharis cethura''. Butterflies and Moths of North America. The male and female look similar. The wingspan is between . The wings are yellow with an orange patch toward the front of the forewing outlined in black and white. The edges of the wings are spotted with black. The underside of the hindwing has greenish bands. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthocharis Bambusarum
''Anthocharis bambusarum'' is a butterfly which has a range of mainly in China and Eastern Asia. It has no known subspecies. Description in Seitz "''A. bambusarum'' from Tse-Kiang in China, is somewhat larger than ''Anthocharis cardamines ''Anthocharis cardamines'', the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains about 1,100 species. ''A. cardamines'' is mainly found throughout Europe and temperate Asia (Palearctic). The males feature wings with a signature o ...'' the whole forewing above and beneath is uniformly dull orange-red; the apex of forewing less broadly dark and not black, but greenish, the black discocellular spot less distinct than in ''cardamines'', the hindwing very similar to that of ''cardamines'' above and beneath." "''extensa'' form. nov. öber ow considered a synonym of ''Anthocharis bambusarum'' from China (Nangking), leads over to the next form Anthocharis_cardamines.html" ;"title="'Anthocharis cardamines">speciosa'' being a trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthocharis Damone
''Anthocharis damone'', the eastern orange tip, is a butterfly in the subfamily Pierinae, found in southern Europe and into Asia Minor. Description in Seitz ''A. damone'' Boisd. from South Italy, Sicily, the southern Balcan, Asia Minor and Syria, is sexually dimorphic. The male is lemon-yellow above and below, with a narrowly black apex, large deep orange-red apical patch, which is more or less dark-edged proximally, and with a large black median spot to the forewing: the underside of the hindwing deeper yellow, with grey-greenish markings. The female is white above and on the underside of the forewing, and has a broader blackish apex to the upperside of the forewing. — ''pallida'' form. nov. is the name for the form occurring in Mesopotamia; male above somewhat paler yellow, the dark apex of the forewing is strongly mixed with red, the orange patch is less fiery, being dark-edged only in the cell, the black median spot is smaller, less prominent, the ground-colour of the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
