Anthocharini
Tribe of insects
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The tribe Anthocharini is one of the subdivisions of the insect order Lepidoptera, which includes the moths and butterflies. It is a further subdivision of the butterfly family Pieridae and subfamily Pierinae; formerly it was considered a subfamily on its own, Anthocharinae. This tribe includes many, but not all, of the orangetip butterflies.[2]
| Anthocharini | |
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| Anthocharis cardamines | |
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| Euchloe penia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Subfamily: | Pierinae |
| Tribe: | Anthocharini J.W. Tutt, 1896 |
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Some notable species and subspecies of tribe Anthocharini include:
- Catalina orangetip (Anthocharis cethura catalina)
- Desert orangetip (Anthocharis cethura cethura)
- Eastern dappled white (Euchloe ausonia)
- Eastern greenish black-tip (Euchloe penia)
- Eastern orange tip (Anthocharis damone)
- Falcate orangetip (Anthocharis midea)
- Gray marble (Anthocharis lanceolata)
- Green-striped white (Euchloe belemia), and several subspecies
- Greenish black-tip (Euchloe charlonia)
- Grüner's orange tip (Anthocharis gruneri), and several subspecies
- Mexican orangetip (Anthocharis limonea)
- Morocco orange tip (Anthocharis belia)
- Olympia marble (Euchloe olympia)
- Orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines), and many subspecies, including A. c. phoenissa
- Portuguese dappled white (Euchloe tagis), and many subspecies, including E. t. tagis, E. t. castellana, E. t. bellezina, E. t. reisseri and others
- Provence orange tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
- Sara's orangetip (Anthocharis sara), and several subspecies
- Sooty orange tip (Zegris eupheme)
- Southern Rocky Mountain orangetip (Anthocharis julia)
- Southwestern orangetip (Anthocharis thoosa)
- Stella orangetip (Anthocharis stella)
- Yellow tip (Anthocharis scolymus)