Anteos
Encyclopedia
Anteos is a genus
of butterflies
in the family
Pieridae
, commonly called angled-sulphurs.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of butterflies
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
, commonly called angled-sulphurs.
Species
- Anteos clorindeAnteos clorindeThe White Angled-sulphur is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in South America, Central America, and southern North America.The wingspan is 70–90 mm...
(Godart, [1824]) – White Angled Sulphur or White Angled-sulphur - Anteos maerulaAnteos maerulaThe Angled Sulphur or Yellow Angled-sulphur is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. 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.The wingspan is 82-117 mm. The...
(Fabricius, 1775) – Angled Sulphur or Yellow Angled-sulphur - Anteos menippe (Hübner, [1818])