''Anthocharis stella'', the stella orangetip, is a species of butterfly found mainly in the
Rocky Mountains in the United States where its
caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
feeds on different kinds of
rock cress Rockcress is a common name used for several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae:
*'' Arabis'', with primarily Old World species
*''Arabidopsis
''Arabidopsis'' (rockcress) is a genus in the family Brassicaceae. They ar ...
.
It has two subspecies.
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Stella orangetip Butterflies of Canada
Anthocharis
Butterflies described in 1872
Butterflies of North America
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