Anteos maerula
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| Yellow angled-sulphur | |
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| File:Yellow angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula) male.JPG | |
| male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (dorsal) | |
| File:Yellow angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula) male underside.JPG | |
| male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (ventral) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Anteos |
| Species: | A. maerula
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| Binomial name | |
| Anteos maerula | |
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Anteos maerula, the angled sulphur or yellow angled-sulphur, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from Peru to Mexico. Rarely, migrants can be found up to eastern Nebraska, south-eastern Arizona, south-western New Mexico, southern Texas, Mississippi and Florida.[2] The wingspan is 82–117 mm. The larvae feed on Cassia species, including Cassia emarginata.
References
- ↑ Anteos, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Butterflies and Moths of North America collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera
- F. Martin Brown and Bernard Heineman, Jamaica and its Butterflies (E. W. Classey, London 1972), Plate VII
External links
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Anteos maerula at Wikimedia Commons
- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Anteos maerula at Wikispecies
