Anteos maerula

Yellow angled-sulphur
male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (dorsal)
male A. m. maerula in Jamaica (ventral)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Anteos
Species:	A. maerula
Binomial name
Anteos maerula (Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio maerulaFabricius, 1775 Rhodocera maerula Amynthia maerula Papilio ecclipsisCramer, [1777] Rhodocera lacordaireiBoisduval, 1836 Rhodocera gueneeanaBoisduval, 1836 Gonepteryx maerula ab. flavaRöber, 1909 Anteos maerula lacordairei

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

1. Anteos, Site of Markku Savela
2. 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

External links

• Media related to Anteos maerula at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Anteos maerula at Wikispecies