| Desert Orangetip |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia
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| Phylum: |
Arthropoda
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| Class: |
Insecta
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| Order: |
Lepidoptera
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| Family: |
Pieridae
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| Subfamily: |
Pierinae
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| Tribe: |
Anthocharini
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| Genus: |
Anthocharis
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| Species: |
A. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1100 species mostly from tropical Africa and Asia Pierinae is a large subfamily of Pierid Butterflies also known as the Whites, which includes the following species (additional species can be found under the The tribe Anthocharini is one of the subdivisions of the insect order Lepidoptera, which includes the moths and butterflies Anthocharis is a genus of the Butterfly tribe Anthocharini, in the Pieridae family cethura
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| Subspecies: |
A. c. cethura
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| Trinomial name |
Anthocharis cethura cethura
C. In biology trinomial nomenclature refers to names for taxa below the rank of species & R. Felder, 1865 |
The Desert Orangetip, Anthocharis cethura cethura, is a butterfly of the Pierinae subfamily. A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a Pierinae is a large subfamily of Pierid Butterflies also known as the Whites, which includes the following species (additional species can be found under the In Biological classification, family ( Latin Its range is the American west in desert areas on rocky hills and ridges. Its caterpillars mostly eat plants of the mustard family. Caterpillars are the Larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the Insect order comprising butterflies and Moths
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