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Anthocharini is one of the subdivisions of the insect order Lepidoptera, which includes the moths and butterflies. It is a further subdivision of the butterfly family Pieridae and subfamily

Pierinae The Pierinae are a large subfamily of pierid butterflies. The subfamily is one of several clades of butterflies often referred to as the whites. Species It includes the following species (additional species can be found under the tribes listed ...

; formerly it was considered a subfamily on its own, Anthocharinae. This tribe includes many, but not all, of the orangetip butterflies.Anthocharidini
Tree of Life Some notable species and subspecies of tribe Anthocharini include: *

Catalina orangetip ''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 The United States of America (U.S.A. o ...

(''Anthocharis cethura catalina'') * Desert orangetip (''Anthocharis cethura cethura'') *

Eastern dappled white ''Euchloe ausonia'', the eastern dappled white, is a southern European and Palearctic butterfly found mostly to the south and east of its almost indistinguishable relative the western dappled white. Description The wingspan is 36–48 mm. ...

(''Euchloe ausonia'') * Eastern greenish black-tip (''Euchloe penia'') *

Eastern orange tip ''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 ...

(''Anthocharis damone'') * Falcate orangetip (''Anthocharis midea'') * Gray marble (''Anthocharis lanceolata'') * Green-striped white (''Euchloe belemia''), and several subspecies * Greenish black-tip (''Euchloe charlonia'') *

Grüner's orange tip ''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 ...

(''Anthocharis gruneri''), and several subspecies *

Mexican orangetip ''Anthocharis limonea'', the Mexican orangetip, is a butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae The Pierinae are a large subfamily of pierid butterflies. The subfamily is one of several clades of butterflies often referred to as the whites. Sp ...

(''Anthocharis limonea'') *

Morocco orange tip ''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 ...

(''Anthocharis belia'') * Olympia marble (''Euchloe olympia'') * Orange tip (''Anthocharis cardamines''), and many subspecies, including ''A. c. phoenissa'' *

Portuguese dappled white ''Euchloe tagis'', the Portuguese dappled white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It ranges through southern Europe where it is found from Portugal to northwestern Italy and northern Africa (there are local populations in Morocco and ...

(''Euchloe tagis''), and many subspecies, including ''E. t. tagis'', ''E. t. castellana'', ''E. t. bellezina'', ''E. t. reisseri'' and others *

Provence orange tip ''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- ...

(''Anthocharis euphenoides'') *

Sara's orangetip ''Anthocharis sara'', the Sara Orangetip is one of three species in the Sara Orangetip complex. It is a California endemic butterfly with populations extending from Baja California into extreme southwest Oregon. The common name, Pacific Orangeti ...

(''Anthocharis sara''), and several subspecies *

Sooty orange tip The sooty orange tip (''Zegris eupheme'') is a Palearctic Pieridae butterfly that has a range that extends through southern Europe, southwest Europe, northern Africa, East Kazakhstan and Asia Minor. Global warming currently seems to be extendi ...

(''Zegris eupheme'') *

Southern Rocky Mountain orangetip ''Anthocharis julia'', the southern Rocky Mountain orangetip, is a butterfly found in the southern Rocky Mountains on the eastern side of the range. Their caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepid ...

(''Anthocharis julia'') *

Southwestern orangetip ''Anthocharis thoosa'', the southwestern orangetip, is a butterfly which has a range mainly from the American Rocky Mountains down into Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern p ...

(''Anthocharis thoosa'') *

Stella orangetip ''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 Rockcress is a common name used for several similar gen ...

(''Anthocharis stella'') * Yellow tip (''Anthocharis scolymus'')

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3618462 Taxa named by J. W. Tutt Butterfly tribes Pierinae