Anthocharis julia

Southern Rocky Mountain orangetip
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Anthocharis
Species: A. julia
Binomial name
Anthocharis julia
(W.H. Edwards, 1872)

Anthocharis julia, the southern Rocky Mountain orangetip, is a butterfly found in the southern Rocky Mountains on the eastern side of the range.

Their caterpillars feed on rock cress (Arabis) species.


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