''Anthocharis'' is a

holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...

genus of the

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

tribe

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; fo ...

, in the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family (biology), family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from Afrotropical realm, tropical Africa and Indomalayan realm, tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern ...

. 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

cruciferous plants Brassicaceae () or (the older but equally valid) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, while some ar ...

containing chemicals called

glucosinolates Glucosinolates are natural components of many pungent plants such as mustard, cabbage, and horseradish. The pungency of those plants is due to mustard oils produced from glucosinolates when the plant material is chewed, cut, or otherwise dama ...

. 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 The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The ...

, 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 one brood. The butterflies occur in spring.

Species

Species and subspecies belonging to the genus ''Anthocharis'' include:''Anthocharis''
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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 '' ...

'' (Oberthür) * ''

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. (syn ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1767) – Morocco orange tip * '' Anthocharis bieti'' (Oberthür, 1884) * ''

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 ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – orange tip ** ''

Anthocharis cardamines phoenissa ''Anthocharis cardamines phoenissa'' is a subspecies of orange tip butterfly found mostly in the Middle East. "Of local forms we have to mention ''phoenissa'' Kalrhh.. from Syria, like ab. ''turritis'', but purer white beneath."Julius Röber J ...

'' (Kalchberg, 1894) * ''

Anthocharis carolinae ''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-o ...

'' Back, 2006 (Mazandaran (Iran), South Armenia) * ''

Anthocharis cethura ''Anthocharis cethura'', the desert orangetip or Felder's orangetip, is a species of butterfly in the subfamily Pierinae.Anthocharis cethura bajacalifornica ''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-o ...

'' J.F. Emmel, T.C. Emmel & Mattoon, 1998 ** '' Anthocharis cethura catalina'' (Meadows, 1937) – Catalina orangetip ** ''

Anthocharis cethura pima ''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-o ...

'' W.H. Edwards, 1888 * ''

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 Sy ...

'' (Boisduval, 1836) – eastern orange tip * ''

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- ...

'' (Staudinger, 1869) – Provence orange tip * ''

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 ...

'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) – Grüner's orange tip * ''

Anthocharis julia ''Anthocharis julia'', also known as the Southern Rocky Mountain Orangetip, is a type of butterfly found in the southern Rocky Mountains on the eastern side of the range. Their caterpillars feed on rock cress (''Arabis ''Arabis'' ,''Sunset W ...

'' (Edwards, 1872) – southern Rocky Mountain orangetip * '' Anthocharis lanceolata'' (Lucas, 1852) – gray marble ** ''

Anthocharis lanceolata australis ''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-o ...

'' (Grinnell, 1908) ** '' Anthocharis lanceolata desertolimbus'' J.F. Emmel, T.C. Emmel & Mattoon, 1998 * ''

Anthocharis limonea ''Anthocharis limonea'', the Mexican orangetip, is a butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae mostly found in Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, ...

'' (Butler, 1871) – Mexican orangetip * ''

Anthocharis midea ''Anthocharis midea'', the falcate orangetip, is a North American butterfly that was described in 1809 by Jacob Hübner. It belongs to the family Pieridae, which is the white and sulphurs. These butterflies are mostly seen in the eastern Unit ...

'' (Hübner, 1809) – falcate orangetip ** '' Anthocharis midea texas'' Gatrelle, 1998 * '' Anthocharis monastiriensis'' Soures, 1998 (Tunisia) * ''

Anthocharis sara ''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 ...

'' (Lucas, 1852) – Sara's orangetip ** '' Anthocharis sara inghami'' Gunder, 1932 ** ''

Anthocharis sara thoosa ''Anthocharis thoosa'', the southwestern orangetip, is a butterfly which has a range mainly from the American Rocky Mountains down into Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northern ...

'' (Scudder, 1878) – southwestern orangetip * ''

Anthocharis scolymus ''Anthocharis scolymus'', the yellow tip, is a butterfly in the subfamily Pierinae whose range is Eastern Asia (East China, Korea, Ussuri) where it is commonplace; occasionally it is found in Japan. The apex of the forewing is produced and falc ...

'' (Butler, 1866) – yellow tip * '' Anthocharis stella'' (Edwards, 1879) – Stella orangetip ** ''Anthocharis stella stella'' – Stella orangetip ** '' Anthocharis stella browningi'' – Utah Stella orangetip * '' Anthocharis taipaichana'' (Verity, 1911) * '' Anthocharis thibetana'' (Oberthür, 1886) (West China) has the orange patch as in '' A. cardamines turritis'', but the veins of the hindwing above are bordered with sulfur-yellow.

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