Anteos maerula
Species of butterfly
Yellow angled-sulphur | |
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male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (dorsal) | |
male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (ventral) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Anteos |
Species: | A. maerula |
Binomial name | |
Anteos maerula (Fabricius, 1775)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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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
- F. Martin Brown and Bernard Heineman, Jamaica and its Butterflies (E. W. Classey, London 1972), Plate VII
External links
Media related to Anteos maerula at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Anteos maerula at Wikispecies
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