Anthocharis cethura catalina

Catalina orangetip
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Anthocharis
Species: A. cethura
Subspecies: A. c. catalina
Trinomial name
Anthocharis cethura catalina
(Meadows, 1937)

Anthocharis cethura catalina, the Catalina orangetip, is a subspecies of the desert orangetip butterfly that is found only on Santa Catalina Island off the California coast of the United States. Very little is known about the subspecies except that they tend to be found on isolated ridgetops.


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