| Catalina orangetip | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Anthocharis |
| Species: | |
| 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 endemic to 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.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Bigger, T R L (1978). "A variation in the chromosome number of the English race of Anthocharis cardamines L. (Lepidoptera: v Pieridae)". Heredity. 41 (1): 63–69. doi:10.1038/hdy.1978.64. ISSN 0018-067X.
- ↑ MEADOWS, JOHN C. (1976). "Notices of Recent Publications". Brain. 99 (3): 613. doi:10.1093/brain/99.3.613-a. ISSN 0006-8950.
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