Anthocharini

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Anthocharini
Genera (10): Anthocharis – Cunizza – Elphinstonia – Eroessa – Euchloe – Hebomoia – Hesperocharis – Iberochloe – Mathania – Zegris

Name

Anthocharini Scudder, 1889.

Type genus: Anthocharis Boisduval, Rambur, Duméril & Graslin, 1833.
Synonyms

Anthocharidini

References

Back, W. & Bozano, G.C. 2020. Pieridae. Part IV, Subfamily Pierinae (partim) : Tribe Anthocharidini. 001-102. Reference page.
Back, W., Knebelsberger, T. & Miller, M.A. 2008. Molekularbiologische Untersuchungen und Systematik der paläarktischen Arten von Euchloe Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 118(4): 151–169. Reference page.
Farfán, J., Lamas, G. & Cerdeña, J.A. 2020. A new species of Mathania Oberthür, 1890 from Peru (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Zootaxa 4758(3): 589–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.3.11. Paywall. Reference page.
Wahlberg, N., Rota, J., Braby, M.F., Pierce, N.E. & Wheat, C.W. 2014. Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data. Zoologica scripta 43(6): 641–650. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12075 Paywall. Reference page.
Wyatt, C.W., 1961: Additions to the Ropalocera of Afghanistan with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 15 (1): 1–18. Full article: [1]

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]

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)

References

Wahlberg, N.; Rota, J.; Braby, M.F.; Pierce, N.E.; Wheat, C.W. (2014). "Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (6): 641–650. doi:10.1111/zsc.12075.
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