Anteos maerula

Yellow angled-sulphur

male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (dorsal)

male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (ventral)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Anteos
Species:	A. maerula
Binomial name
*Anteos maerula* (Fabricius, 1775)^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio maerula Fabricius, 1775 Rhodocera maerula Amynthia maerula Papilio ecclipsis Cramer, [1777] Rhodocera lacordairei Boisduval, 1836 Rhodocera gueneeana Boisduval, 1836 Gonepteryx maerula ab. flava Röber, 1909 Anteos maerula lacordairei

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 upperside of the males is bright yellow, while females are paler. Both sexes have a black spot in the forewing cell. Adults feed on the nectar from red and purple flowers, including Hibiscus and Bougainvilla species.

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

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