Anteos maerula
| Yellow angled-sulphur | |
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| male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (dorsal) | |
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| male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (ventral) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Anteos |
| Species: | A. maerula
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| Binomial name | |
| Anteos maerula | |
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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 upperside of the males is bright yellow, while females are paler. Both sexes have a black spot in the forewing cell. Adults feed on the nectar from red and purple flowers, including Hibiscus and Bougainvilla species.
The larvae feed on Cassia species, including Cassia emarginata.
References[]
- ^ Anteos, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera
- F. Martin Brown and Bernard Heineman, Jamaica and its Butterflies (E. W. Classey, London 1972), Plate VII
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Categories:
- Coliadinae
- Butterflies of North America
- Butterflies of Central America
- Butterflies of the Caribbean
- Pieridae of South America
- Butterflies of Cuba
- Butterflies of Jamaica
- Butterflies described in 1775
- Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
- Pieridae stubs