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Anthocharis stella

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Stella orangetip
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Anthocharis
Species:
A. stella
Binomial name
Anthocharis stella
(Edwards, 1872)
Subspecies

Anthocharis stella, the stella orangetip, is a species of butterfly found mainly in the Rocky Mountains in the United States where its caterpillar feeds on different kinds of rock cress.[1] It has two subspecies.

References

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  1. ^ Shepard, Jon; Guppy, Crispin (2011-11-01). Butterflies of British Columbia: Including Western Alberta, Southern Yukon, the Alaska Panhandle, Washington, Northern Oregon, Northern Idaho, and Northwestern Montana. UBC Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-7748-4437-6.
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