Sonoran Desert Butterflies and Moths - Anthocharis cethura (Cethura orange-tip)

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Anthocharis cethura (Cethura orange-tip)

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Anthocharis cethura

(Cethura orange-tip)
Habitat: Regular breeding resident through much of Organ Pipe CNM. Single brooded. Found along arroyos, males on hilltops
Food Habits: nectar

Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Lepidoptera
Family Pieridae - Sulphurs and Whites
Genus Anthocharis
species cethura

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Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Butterflies and Moths
Anthocharis cethura (Cethura orange-tip)