Anteos maerula
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| Yellow angled-sulphur | |
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| male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (dorsal) | |
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| male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (ventral) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
Media related to Anteos maerula at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Anteos maerula at Wikispecies
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