Anteos menippe

Orange-tipped Angled-sulphur
	Found in Tambopata Park, Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Anteos
Species:	A. menippe
Binomial name
	Anteos menippe; (Hübner, [1818])
Synonyms
	Mancipium menippe Hübner, [1818]; Colias leachiana Godart, 1819; Rhodocera menippe metioche Fruhstorfer, 1907; Gonepteryx menippe ab. calypso Röber, 1909; Gonepteryx menippe ab. thetis Röber, 1909;

The Orange-tipped Angled-sulphur (Anteos menippe) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found from Mexico to South America.^[2]

The upperside of the males is yellow with pale orange wing tips as the common name suggests. The females have two forms, one similar to the male and the other white, with black markings on the forewing edges. The underwings have several odd shaped orange markings.^[2]

Adults feed on the nectar, while the larvae feed on Cassia species.^[2]

References

^ Anteos menippe, Site of Markku Savela
^ ^a ^b ^c Great Orange tip, Butterflies of Amazonia

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[1] Anteos menippe, Site of Markku Savela

[amazon-2] Great Orange tip, Butterflies of Amazonia

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